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Katharine Brisbane
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1974
Katharine Brisbane, 1982 (printed 2017)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, pigment photographic print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Thomas Mackdougall Brisbane
Biography
Thomas Mackdougall Brisbane (1773-1860) was born into an aristocratic Scottish family and entered the army at the age of 16.
2 portraits in the collection
Mabel Forrest, 1917
Murray Studio (Brisbane & Gympie)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1842
Frederick Bromley after Robert Frain
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008
General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1850 (published)
James Faed, W Wilding after John Watson Gordon
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008
Kumantjayi Perkins at the Roma Forum, Brisbane, 1982
Juno Gemes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Troy Cassar-Daley, Brisbane, 2004
John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Daphne Mayo MBE
Biography
Daphne Mayo MBE (1895–1982), sculptor, was born in Sydney and moved to Brisbane as a child.
1 portrait in the collection
David M Thomas
Dream Job
Previous exhibition, 2011
Since 1993 Brisbane-based artist David M Thomas has investigated self identity through art works that encompass painting, text, audio, video and performance.
Kevin Weldon AM
Biography
Kevin Weldon (1933-2023), businessman and philanthropist, spent his early years in Ingham in far north Queensland, where his father ran a car dealership.
1 portrait in the collection
Davida Allen
Biography
Davida Allen is a Queensland artist. As a student at Brisbane's Stuartholme School in the 1960s she had Betty Churcher as an art teacher.
3 portraits in the collection
George Hoyningen-Huene
Biography
Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (1900–1968) was a high-profile American fashion photographer and Hollywood figure.
1 portrait in the collection
Kevin Weldon, 1978
Graeme Inson
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Kevin Weldon 2012
Noel McGrowdie
Biography
Noel 'Digger' McGrowdie (1920-1961), jockey, was born in Brisbane and educated at a Christian Brothers School in Toowoomba before being apprenticed in Brisbane at the age of fourteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Christopher Morris
Biography
Christopher Morris studied photography at Griffith University in Brisbane in the mid 1990s, during which he photographed many of the leading names in contemporary music including U2, Oasis, Pearl Jam, The Sex Pistols and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
1 portrait in the collection