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Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the "Christopher Brennan Cycle", 1945
Dora Toovey
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Anne and Brennan Keats 2009
Heartfelt
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009
The portrait of Janet and Horace Keats with the spirit of the poet Christopher Brennan is brought to life by artist Dora Toovey.
Janet Keats
Biography
Janet le Brun Brown (Keats) (1900-1985), soprano, was born on her family's property, Riggsdale, near Goulburn, but on account of frailty she was sent to live with her grandparents in Inverell, Moree and Dungog before going to boarding school in the Blue Mountains and Gosford.
1 portrait in the collection
Horace Keats
Biography
Horace Keats (1895-1945) came to Australia from his native England in 1915 as accompanist to vaudeville performer Nella Webb.
1 portrait in the collection
Angela Brennan
Biography
Angela Brennan (b. 1960) is a highly regarded contemporary Australian painter and ceramicist.
1 portrait in the collection
Nigel Brennan
Biography
Nigel Brennan studied photography at Griffith University and works primarily in photo-documentary.
1 portrait in the collection
Christopher Brennan
Biography
Christopher Brennan (1870–1932), poet, was born to Irish parents in Sydney.
2 portraits in the collection
Jonno and Api, 2016
by Joseph Brennan
Image
Christopher Brennan, 1927
Annie May Moore
Portrait, carbon print on paper
Purchased 2014
Saint Catherine (Catherine Hamlin), 2006
Nigel Brennan
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2008
Portrait of Louise Forthun in front of a Stephen Bram, 1992
Angela Brennan
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2021. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
Natalie Imbruglia
Biography
Natalie Imbruglia (b.1975) is a singer and songwriter. After leaving school in 1991, Natalie Imbruglia appeared in several television commercials and then joined the television soap Neighbours as the character Beth Brennan.
1 portrait in the collection
Gordon Watson AM
Biography
Gordon Watson AM (1921-1999), pianist and teacher, taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music from 1964 to 1986 and was head of its keyboard department when he retired.
1 portrait in the collection
Bruce Dawe
Biography
Bruce Dawe AO (1930-2020), poet and teacher, was born in Fitzroy and worked as a labourer, clerk, sawmill hand, farmhand and postman before joining the RAAF in 1959.
1 portrait in the collection
John Le Gay Brereton
Biography
John Le Gay Brereton junior (1871–1933), writer and academic, was born in Sydney, the son of a doctor, also John, who had emigrated to Australia in the late 1850s.
1 portrait in the collection
"Poet of the Hawkesbury" Robert Adamson, 2012
Geoffrey Dyer
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.