Justin O'Brien (2 August 1917 – 25 January 1996) was an Australian artist. He won the inaugural
Blake Prize
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in 1951.
Collections
O'Brien's works are held in the collections of the
National Gallery of Australia
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, the
Art Gallery of New South Wales
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, the
National Gallery of Victoria
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, the
Art Gallery of South Australia
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, the
University of Sydney
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,
[ and the ]University of Southern Queensland
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.
The Australian National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to:
* National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra
* National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred
*National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C.
*National Portrait Gallery, London
...
holds a number of portraits of O'Brien.
O'Brien was made a Member of the Order of Australia
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(AM) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours for service to art.
He is the subject of an Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Compass
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program.
References
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1917 births
1996 deaths
20th-century Australian painters
Australian modern painters
20th-century Australian male artists
Australian portrait painters
Religious painters
Australian still life painters
Catholic painters
Blake Prize for Religious Art winners
Members of the Order of Australia
Australian male painters