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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
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
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
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
Biography
Robert Brown (1773–1858) is considered ‘the father of Australian botany’.
2 portraits in the collection
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
Stockyards, 2011
by Adrian Brown
Image
A moment, 2016
by Millie Brown
Image
Jaye
Elliot Brown
Image
Sir Leslie Ward
Biography
Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), signing his work 'Spy', was the most famous of the stable of caricaturists, including Sir Max Beerbohm and Carlo Pellegrini, who worked for the weekly English magazine Vanity Fair from 1869 to 1914.
31 portraits in the collection
Leslie Bowles
Biography
Leslie Bowles (1885-1954), sculptor, was born in Sydney and began his studies in modelling and woodcarving at the Brisbane Technical College.
1 portrait in the collection
Friends' Farewell, 2006
by Leslie Arnott
Image
The right note
Magazine article by Leslie Ureña, 2020
Marian Anderson’s glorious voice thrust her into stardom, and a more reluctant role as American civil rights pioneer.
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
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, 1983
Harold Thornton
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of Harold Thornton 2009