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Brian Quinn, Coles Myer

Brian Quinn, Coles Myer

Brian Quinn, Coles Myer

Brian Quinn, Coles Myer,

Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia

The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia, 1869

Archibald McDonald, Henry Samuel Sadd

Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Brian Loton

Brian Loton

Brian Loton

Brian Loton, 1996

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of BHP Billiton 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Francis (Pat) Quinn

Francis (Pat) Quinn

Francis (Pat) Quinn (1914–2010), showman and hypnotist, was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.

2 portraits in the collection

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James Quinn

James Quinn was born in Melbourne and trained at the NGV School before studying in Paris from the mid-1890s to 1902.

1 portrait in the collection

Francis (Pat) Quinn

Francis (Pat) Quinn

Francis (Pat) Quinn

Francis (Pat) Quinn, c. 1954

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Francis (Pat) Quinn

Francis (Pat) Quinn

Francis (Pat) Quinn

Francis (Pat) Quinn, c. 1954

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Terror to Pieces by Nikki Toole

Elle on wheels

Magazine article by Lucy Quinn, 2013

Lucy Quinn compares the approaches of three photographers lured to the action and culture of roller derby.

John Monash

John Monash

John Monash

John Monash, 1919

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of John Colin Monash Bennett 2007. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Brian Cadd

Brian Cadd

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

Portrait of Brian Dunlop

Brian Dunlop

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

Brian Fitzpatrick

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 Loton

Brian T. Loton AC

Brian Thorley Loton AC (1929–2022) was chairman of BHP from 1992 to 1997.

2 portraits in the collection

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Brian McInerney

Brian McInerney, professional photographer, was a young assistant photographer at Channel Seven in Sydney in the 1960s.

2 portraits in the collection

Brian and Gene Sherman

Brian Sherman AM

Brian Sherman AM (1943–2022) was a leading philanthropist, company director and animal rights activist.

2 portraits in the collection

Portrait of Brian Dunlop

Brian Dunlop

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1976

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