Philip Bacon

Philip John Bacon AO (born 4 February 1947) is an Australian art dealer, philanthropist and mentor to young artists.

In 2019, he was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in recognition of his status as Australia's leading art dealer and his outstanding contributions to philanthropy.

This laid the foundation for building Australia’s leading art dealership over the last 40 years, representing, exhibiting or dealing the works of the nation’s most significant artists from the past and the present, including Charles Blackman, Ray Crooke, Lawrence Daws, Robert Dickerson, Ian Fairweather, Michael Kmit, Margaret Olley, John Olsen, William Robinson, Jeffrey Smart, Brett Whitely, and Fred Williams.

[3] This was followed by him being awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001,[4] while he was promoted to Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to the arts, to social and cultural organisations, and through support for young artists" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.

[2] In 2018 artist Louise Martin-Chew interviewed Philip Bacon for a digital story and oral history for the State Library of Queensland's James C Sourris AM Collection.