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Bob Brown at his home in Liffey

Bob Brown

Bob Brown (b. 1944), environmentalist, doctor and former politician, is an environmental campaigner and former Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens.

2 portraits in the collection

Mike Brown and Liz Land in Kitchen

Mike Brown

Mike Brown (1938-1997) artist, was a participant (with Ross Crothall and Colin Lanceley) in the 1962 Annandale Imitation Realists exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and Design, Melbourne.

1 portrait in the collection

Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists

Joseph Brown AO OBE

Joseph Brown AO OBE (1918–2009), art collector, art dealer and philanthropist, arrived in Australia with his father and siblings from Poland in 1933; his mother had passed away shortly before their departure.

2 portraits in the collection

Reverend George Brown DD

George Brown

George Brown (1835-1917), clergyman, established numerous Methodist missions in the Pacific from the late 1880s.

1 portrait in the collection

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Robert Brown (1773–1858) is considered ‘the father of Australian botany’.

2 portraits in the collection

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown AM

Bryan Brown AM (b. 1947), actor and producer, worked as an insurance salesman before doing theatre in Australia and London.

2 portraits in the collection

Stockyards, 2011 by Adrian Brown

Stockyards, 2011

by Adrian Brown

A moment, 2016 by Millie Brown

A moment, 2016

by Millie Brown

Jaye, 2023 Elliot Brown

Jaye

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Sir Leslie Ward

Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), signing his work 'Spy', was the most famous of the stable of caricaturists, including Sir Max Beerbohm and Carlo Pellegrini, who worked for the weekly English magazine Vanity Fair from 1869 to 1914.

31 portraits in the collection

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Leslie Bowles

Leslie Bowles (1885-1954), sculptor, was born in Sydney and began his studies in modelling and woodcarving at the Brisbane Technical College.

1 portrait in the collection

Friends' Farewell, 2006 by Leslie Arnott

Friends' Farewell, 2006

by Leslie Arnott

Marian Anderson, contralto, New York, June 30, 1955 Richard Avedon

The right note

Magazine article by Leslie Ureña, 2020

Marian Anderson’s glorious voice thrust her into stardom, and a more reluctant role as American civil rights pioneer.

Bob Brown at his home in Liffey

Bob Brown at his home in Liffey

Bob Brown at his home in Liffey

Bob Brown at his home in Liffey, 1988 (printed 2013)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Helga Leunig 2013

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Gordon Furlee Brown

Gordon Furlee Brown, whose career is not documented in standard texts on Australian photography or art, exhibited in the Victorian Salon of Photography in 1931.

3 portraits in the collection

Dr Brown and Green Old Time Waltz

Dr Brown and Green Old Time Waltz

Dr Brown and Green Old Time Waltz

Dr Brown and Green Old Time Waltz, 1983

Harold Thornton

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the Estate of Harold Thornton 2009

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