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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Bob Brown at his home in Liffey

Bob Brown

Biography

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

Biography

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

Biography

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

Biography

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

Biography

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

2 portraits in the collection

Bryan Brown

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

A moment, 2016 by Millie Brown

A moment, 2016

by Millie Brown
Image
Stockyards, 2011 by Adrian Brown

Stockyards, 2011

by Adrian Brown
Image
Jaye, 2023 Elliot Brown

Jaye

Elliot Brown
Image
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)

Helga Leunig
Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Helga Leunig 2013

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Gordon Furlee Brown

Biography

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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L.J. Brown, 1955

Richard von Marientreu
Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Marion McBeath Harper 2019

A look I’ve never seen before, 2014 by Ketakii Jewson-Brown

A look I’ve never seen before, 2014

by Ketakii Jewson-Brown
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Joseph Brown
Joseph Brown
Joseph Brown

Joseph Brown, 1980

Brian Dunlop
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists
Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists
Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists

Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists, 1996

Noel McKenna
Portrait, enamel on canvas

Gift of the artist 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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