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Noel McGrowdie

Noel McGrowdie

Noel McGrowdie

Noel McGrowdie, 1957 (printed 2003)

Ern McQuillan OAM

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling)

Contributing artists

Born: 1979, Brisbane
Works: Brisbane

Look Closer, 2013 by Yanni Floros

Yanni Floros

More about In the flesh artists

Yanni Floros is an Adelaide based artist who trained at the National Art School in Sydney graduating as a sculpture major. Since then he has shown his work both locally and internationally in Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.

Harold Parker

Harold Parker

Harold Parker (1873-1962), sculptor, came to Brisbane with his English parents as a three-year old.

1 portrait in the collection

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Jon Molvig

Helge Jon Molvig was born and grew up in Newcastle, where he left school at thirteen and worked in a garage and at the steelworks.

6 portraits in the collection

Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova, 1926

Harold Cazneaux

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Gordon Shepherdson

Gordon Shepherdson

Gordon Shepherdson (b. 1934), painter, was a student of Molvig's and Sibley's in Brisbane.

1 portrait in the collection

Dylan Mooney sitting on a chair in front of a wall with paintings and drawings

Dylan Mooney

Artists and Collectives

Dylan Mooney, a proud Yuwi man from Mackay, Queensland, based in Meanjin/Brisbane, works across painting, printmaking, digital illustration and drawing, visually translating stories of resilience, survival, connection and love.

The Boys Next Door

Oz Punk

Sends a permanent shiver down my spine

General content

In 1976, without having been blooded on the Sydney or Melbourne pub circuit, The Saints recorded a single – ‘(I’m) Stranded’ – earning them the distinction of releasing a punk single before The Sex Pistols did.

Walking in Tall Grass, Marion 2, 2011 by Jan Nelson

Jan Nelson

More about In the flesh artists

Jan Nelson was born in Melbourne. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1983 and has been exhibited her work in both solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia since that time including at the MCA, Sydney, National Gallery of Victoria, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane and the Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide.

Betty Churcher

Betty Churcher

Betty Churcher

Betty Churcher, 2008

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2013

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Darby McCarthy, c. 1969 (printed 2019)

Ern McQuillan OAM

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2019

General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

Seeing stars

Celebrating Science Week

About Face article

It has been suggested that Sir Thomas Brisbane’s interest in the New South Wales governorship was as attributable to his passion for astronomy as to the desirability of the position as a prestigious career move.

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Darby McCarthy OAM

Richard 'Darby' McCarthy OAM (1945–2020), former jockey who rode in three Melbourne Cups and won more than 1000 races, is a proud descendant of the Mithaka and Goongurri people of south-west and central Queensland.

1 portrait in the collection

Ian Frazer

Ian Frazer

Ian Frazer

Ian Frazer, 2007

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Commissioned 2007

Quentin Bryce

The Hon. Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO

Quentin Bryce AD CVO (b. 1942), academic, lawyer and community and human rights advocate, was the first woman to be appointed governor-general of Australia.

2 portraits in the collection

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