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Bryan Westwood
Biography
Bryan Westwood (1930-2000) was a painter and printmaker who twice won the Archibald Prize, for his portrait of artist and critic Elwyn Lynn (1989) and of the then Prime Minister, Paul Keating (1992).
10 portraits in the collection
Another painter in the studio: Tim Storrier, 1982
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil on masonite
Purchased 2012
Sir Ian Potter, 1973
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Primrose Potter 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Sir Ian McLennan, c. 1978
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of BHP Billiton 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
James Oswald Fairfax, c. 1991
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sketch for portrait of Justin O'Brien, 1980
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil with fibre-tipped pen underdrawing on composition board
Gift of the Margaret Olley Art Trust 2002
Sketch for portrait of Bart Cummings, 1986
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2002
First study for portrait of Malcolm Fraser, 1981
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Portrait of Brian Dunlop, c. 1972
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Sir Vincent Fairfax, 1981
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Sir Warwick Fairfax, 1981
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
A quiet moment
Magazine article by Helene Ladomirska, 2006
As Bryan Westwood’s portrait of Brian Dunlop hangs adjacent to Brian Dunlop’s portrait of the philanthropist Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, we see the artist of one work as the subject of the other.
Bryan Brown AM
Biography
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
Bryan Brown, 2008
Adam Knott
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown, 2006 (printed 2020)
Peter Brew-Bevan
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
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