Papers, 1955-2006. 1955-2006.

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Papers, 1955-2006. 1955-2006.

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Comprises correspondence with public institutions, private companies and individuals regarding the purchase, loan and valuation of works of art; also letters of congratulation to Brown on his awards; correspondence with Donald Finley over the life and work of John Peter Russell; correspondence and press cuttings relating to cultural heritage matters; files on exhibitions held at the Joseph Brown Gallery; files on Brown's book 'Outlines of Australian Art : the Joseph Brown collection' and transcripts of interviews with Brown including one he gave to the National Library of Australia in 2000.

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Joseph Brown Gallery

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Finley, Donald J

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Donald Finley was employed as Exhibitions and Films Officer at Australia House in London and is the author of Modern Australian painting. He carried out extensive research on the artist John Peter Russell. He died in 1981. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1963-1981. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225825784 ...

Boyd, Arthur (Arthur Merric Bloomfield), 1920-1999

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Nolan, Sidney, 1917-1992

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Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, painter, illustrator, printmaker and set designer, was born in Melbourne in 1917. During the 1940s, he was part of the circle of artists that art patrons John and Sunday Reed collected around them at their home, Heide, in Victoria. He was also associated with the Angry Penguins, an artistic and literary avant-garde group. He is perhaps best known for his mythologising of the story of Ned Kelly in a series of paintings created during the 1940s, now in the collection of th...

Brown, Joseph, 1918-

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Epithet: Chaplain to Norwood Schools British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x0002a5 Joseph Brown arrived in Australia in 1933 at the age of fifteen. After training as an artist, he served in the army until 1945. After a number of years in the fashion industry he turned to a career as an art collector and dealer. His collection of paintings is now on permanent display at the National Gallery of Victoria. ...

Thomas, Daniel, 1931-

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Brown, Joseph, 1918-

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Epithet: Chaplain to Norwood Schools British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x0002a5 Joseph Brown arrived in Australia in 1933 at the age of fifteen. After training as an artist, he served in the army until 1945. After a number of years in the fashion industry he turned to a career as an art collector and dealer. His collection of paintings is now on permanent display at the National Gallery of Victoria. ...