Image Bank

This Image Bank contains all works appearing in the John Brack Education Resource, arranged under chapter headings for quick reference in the classroom. Most works are zoomable.

John Brack's biography

John Brack
Self-portrait c.1948
John Brack
Self-portrait 1955
Photograph of John Brack at work in his studio, February 1977

 

Historical background: Collins St. 5p.m.

John Brack
Collins St. 5p.m. 1955

 

Artistic debate: Abstraction and figuration in Melbourne during the 1950s and 1960s

John Brack
The chase 1959
Charles Blackman
Lovers 1960
Leonard French
Death and transfiguration 1958–59

 

Poetry and other artists

John Brack
Collins St. 5p.m. 1955
John Brack
The bar 1954
Édouard Manet
A bar at the Folies-Bergére 1882
John Brack
Portrait of Fred Williams 1979–80
Fred Williams
Gorge Landscape 1981

 

Studio practice

John Brack
The fish shop 1955
John Brack
The conference 1956
John Brack
Jockey and trainer 1956

 

Suburban images

John Brack
New suburb 1954
John Brack
The new house 1953
John Brack
The unmade road 1954
Jenny Watson
House painting: Box Hill North
(small version) 1976
Jenny Watson
House painting: Box Hill North
(large version) 1976

 

People

John Brack
First daughter 1954
John Brack
Latin American Grand Final 1969
John Brack
Two Typists 1955

 

Shop windows

John Brack
The block 1954
Johannes Vermeer
A lady standing at a virginal 1670–72
John Brack
Inside and outside (The shop window) 1972

 

Later works

John Brack
Watching the flowers 1990–91
John Brack
We, Us, Them 1983
John Brack
Souvenirs 1976

 

Responding to John Brack: Curriculum Activities

Scale model for the exhibition:
John Brack, 2009
Scale model for the exhibition:
John Brack, 2009
Scale model for the exhibition:
John Brack, 2009
Scale model for the exhibition:
John Brack, 2009
Scale model for the exhibition:
John Brack, 2009
Scale model for the exhibition:
John Brack, 2009
John Brack
Study for Collins St 1955
John Brack
The lamp post 1955

 

Two thematic comparisons

John Brack
The car 1955
Margaret Dodd
Grassed Holden 1972
John Brack
Collins St. 5p.m. 1955
Kate Beynon
Li Ji: Warrior girl 2000 (video still)