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Gene Sherman with Family, After Tillers, After Freud, After Watteau, 1995
Jenny Sages
Portrait, oil, wax and pigment on canvas boards
Gift of Dr Gene Sherman AM in memory of Brian Sherman AM (1943-2022). Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program 2023.
Brian and Gene Sherman, 2009
Gary Grealy
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Patrick Corrigan AM 2016
Brian Sherman AM
Biography
Brian Sherman AM (1943–2022) was a leading philanthropist, company director and animal rights activist.
2 portraits in the collection
Brian Loton, 1996
Brian Dunlop
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of BHP Billiton 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Dr Gene Sherman AM
Biography
Dr Gene Sherman AM (b. 1947) is Chairman and Executive Director of Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, a family philanthropic enterprise dedicated to the public exhibition of significant contemporary art from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
3 portraits in the collection
Ondine Sherman
Biography
Ondine Sherman (b. 1974), author and animal rights activist, grew up in Sydney and attained her undergraduate degree in communications from University of Technology Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Emile Sherman
Biography
Emile Sherman (b. 1972), film producer, graduated from the University of New South Wales before beginning his career with a documentary about his great-great-uncle Chatzkel, a Lithuanian Jew who lived through both world wars and the Bolshevik revolution.
3 portraits in the collection
Gene Sherman, 2009
Gary Grealy
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Patrick Corrigan AM 2016
Emile Sherman, 2012
Dave Tacon
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Emile Sherman, 2012
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist and Yanping Zhu 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Brian Cadd
Biography
Brian Cadd (b. 1946), singer/songwriter, had been a member of 1960s Melbourne band The Groop before forming Axiom, the band for which he wrote the hits 'Arkansas Grass' and 'A Little Ray of Sunshine' at the dawn of the 1970s.
1 portrait in the collection
Brian Dunlop
Biography
Brian Dunlop studied at East Sydney Technical College and won the Le Gay Brereton Prize for Drawing while still a student.
7 portraits in the collection
Brian Fitzpatrick
Biography
Brian Fitzpatrick (1905-1965) was educated at state schools in regional Victoria and Melbourne before gaining his BA from Melbourne University in 1925.
1 portrait in the collection
Brian T. Loton AC
Biography
Brian Thorley Loton AC (1929–2022) was chairman of BHP from 1992 to 1997.
2 portraits in the collection
Brian McInerney
Biography
Brian McInerney, professional photographer, was a young assistant photographer at Channel Seven in Sydney in the 1960s.
2 portraits in the collection
Brian Dunlop
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1976