Brian Dunlop is one of Australia’s leading figurative and still-life painters. Dunlop has lived and worked in Sydney and Ebenezer, New South Wales, and at Panton Hill and Port Fairy in Victoria. However, he has also painted in Turkey, Tuscany, Rome, Skyros, Majorca, Morocco and India, adding a richness and vitality to his oeuvre. ‘I want the work to ache with humanness.’

Dunlop’s work encompasses portraits, still lifes, landscapes and interiors in a variety of media, and has been internationally acclaimed. He was awarded the Sulman Prize for genre painting in 1980 and has painted numerous portraits of public figures including the commissioned sesquicentenary portrait of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II in 1984 for Victoria. His work is represented in all major Australian galleries.

1938 Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1954-59 Studied at the National Art School, Sydney
1962 Travelled mainly through southern Europe
1965-68 Painted in Rome, Skyros, Majorca, Morocco and London
1969-74 Part-time teaching at East Sydney Technical College
1970-73 Lived and painted in Ebenezer, New South Wales
1972-75 Part-time teaching at N.S.W. University, School of Architecture
1973-80 Painted in Sydney
1975-79 Part-time teaching at Alexander Mackie College, Sydney
1980-81 Artist-in Residence, University of Melbourne
1982-83 Lived and worked in Tuscany
1984 Lived and painted in Melbourne and Port Fairy, Victoria
1995 Travelled in Turkey
1997 Travelled in Turkey
1998 Travelled in New Zealand
1999-00 Lived and painted in Port Fairy, Victoria
2000 Travelled in Turkey and Europe
2001 Travelled in New Zealand
2002 Travelled in Turkey and Europe
2003 Travelled in the United States
2004 Travelled in New Zealand and Turkey
2005 Lives and paints near Port Fairy Victoria
2005 Travelled in the United States
2006 Travelled in China