James Quinn b. 4 December 1869

Also known as James Peter Quinn
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and contemporary of George Coates, Charles Conder, Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts, James Quinn spent a number of years studying in Paris as the recipient of the National Gallery Travelling Scholarship in 1894. Though no modernist himself, Quinn publicly opposed Sir Robert Menzies when, in 1941, Menzies opened an exhibition with derogatory remarks about modern art.
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References [<ExternalResource: Parkes, Kineton (March 1922), 'The Paintings of James Quinn', Drawing & Design, .>, <ExternalResource: 'National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT'.>, <ExternalResource: Fraser, Alison (1980), 'James Quinn', Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Fraser, Alison (1988), 'James Quinn', Australian Dictionary of Biography 1891-1939, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.>] [<ExternalResource: Parkes, Kineton (March 1922), 'The Paintings of James Quinn', Drawing & Design, .>, <ExternalResource: 'National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT'.>]