People Australia

7 April, 1939
Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

11 June, 1992 (aged 53)
Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia

drug overdose

• English

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Scots School, Bathurst (NSW) (student, 1948-1950)
• Scots College (Bellevue Hill, Sydney) (student, 1951-1955)
• Julian Ashton School (Sydney) (student, 1956-1959)
• National Art School (Sydney) (student, 1956-1959)

• painter (1960-1969) Overseas
• painter (1969-1992) New South Wales, Australia
• contemporary artist (1970-1992) New South Wales, Australia
• landscape artist (1970-1992) New South Wales, Australia
• seascape artist (1970-1992) New South Wales, Australia

• Harkness fellowship (recipient, 1967)
• Archibald Prize (recipient, 1976)
• Sir John Sulman Prize for art (recipient, 1976)
• Wynne Prize for art (recipient, 1977)
• Archibald Prize (recipient, 1978)
• Sir John Sulman Prize for art (recipient, 1978)
• Wynne Prize for art (recipient, 1978)
• Wynne Prize for art (recipient, 1984)
• Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1991)

• Brett Whiteley Studio (Surry Hills, Sydney) (eponym)
• Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Art Gallery of NSW) (eponym)

• Lintas Pty Ltd (employee, 1956-1959)