John Joseph Wardell Power b. 12 October 1881

Also known as J.W. Power
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, author, patron, philanthropist. After World War I he travelled to Europe and studied art where his abstract compositions reflect a life of leisure and 1920s modernity. His most prolific period spans the late 1920s to early 1930s. Power his estate to the University of Sydney to establish the Power Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Sydney that led to the creation of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Tags: Expatriate, Benefactor, Cubism, Modernist, Abstraction
exhibited at
J.W. Power: Abstraction Création, Paris 1934
Date
24 September 2012 - 25 January 2013
Place
University Art Gallery, Sydney University, Australia
Description

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of J.W. Power’s Bequest to the University of Sydney, a recreation of his 1934 Paris solo exhibition with the Abstraction Création group was hald at the University of Sydney art gallery.
Curators: A.D.S Donaldson and Dr Ann Stephen.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/events_exhibitions/abstraction_creation.shtml
exhibited at
Australian Surrealism: The Agapitos/Wilson Collection
Date
16 February 2008 - 11 May 2008
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

In 2007 the NGA acquired James Agapitos OAM, and Ray Wilson OAM, collection of Australian Surrealist art. Drawn from this collection this exhibition showed the breadth of Surrealist practice in this country from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://nga.gov.au/AustralianSurrealism/
exhibited at
Project 6: John Power 1881-1943
Date
19 July 1975
Type
Exhibition
Note
Project exhibition curated by Clive A. Evatt for the Art Gallery of New South Wales
exhibited at
Galerie Jeanne Bucher (solo exhibition)
Date
6 December 1938 - 17 December 1938
Place
Paris, France
Description

an exhibition of glass paintings and canvases. A selection of the works are held in the Sydney University Art Collection.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Origines et dévéloppement de l’art international independent
Date
1937
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Le groupe d’artistes anglo-américains, 1935, 1936
Date
1935
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exposition de l’art mural
Date
1935
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Abstraction Création, Paris (solo exhibition)
Date
14 April 1934 - 28 April 1934
Place
Paris, France
Description

Power held a solo exhibition of 28 paintings at the Abstraction Création gallery in Paris. Power created a gouache floor plan for this exhibition which is held in the University of Sydney art collection(PW1961.1177).

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New York
Date
1934
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Exposition Internationale de Natures Mortes
Date
1933
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Abstraction-Création (1931 - 1937)
Date
1930s
Description

Power participated in numerous group exhibitions with other members of the Abstraction-Création group

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Surindépendants
Date
1930
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Galerie de l’effort moderne, 1929, 1931, 1933
Date
1929
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Turner’s Independent Gallery (solo exhibition)
Date
1926
Type
Exhibition
Exposition des arts décoratifs
Date
1925
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Seven and Five Society, 1922, 1923
Date
1922
Type
Festival
exhibited at
London Group
Date
1921 - 1937
Description

Power exhibited in numerous group shows with the London Group.
October 1921
May and October 1922
October 1923
April and October 1924
June 1925
June 1927
April 1928
January 1929
October 1930
October 1937

Type
Exhibition