Brian Dunlop
Encyclopedia
Brian Dunlop is an artist
who was born in Sydney
, Australia
. He is a still life
and figurative
painter who won the Sulman Prize
in 1980 with The Old Physics Building (genre painting). He was a finalist in the 2004 Archibald Prize
with Brian Kenna: imagines Urfa. He has painted portraits of public figures, including Queen Elizabeth II
in 1984 for the 150th anniversary of the founding of Victoria. Has held many exhibitions in Sydney
and Melbourne
. Dunlop died on 11 December 2009 as the result of a long-standing heart condition.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
who was born in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He is a still life
Still life
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
and figurative
Figurative art
Figurative art, sometimes written as figurativism, describes artwork—particularly paintings and sculptures—which are clearly derived from real object sources, and are therefore by definition representational.-Definition:...
painter who won the Sulman Prize
Sulman Prize
The Sir John Sulman Prize is one of Australia's longest running art prizes, having been established in 1936.It is now held concurrently with the Archibald Prize, Australia's best known art prize, and also with the Wynne Prize, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales , Sydney.-Criteria:The Sir John...
in 1980 with The Old Physics Building (genre painting). He was a finalist in the 2004 Archibald Prize
Archibald Prize 2004 finalists
Below is a list of finalists for the 2004 Archibald Prize :*Richard Bell - I am not sorry*Jason Benjamin - Bread & circuses*Danelle Bergstrom - Franco Belgiorno-Nettis – ‘larger than life’...
with Brian Kenna: imagines Urfa. He has painted portraits of public figures, including Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
in 1984 for the 150th anniversary of the founding of Victoria. Has held many exhibitions in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
and Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. Dunlop died on 11 December 2009 as the result of a long-standing heart condition.