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

Citations

  • Brien D. L. and Spate, V (1991), 'John Power: Artist and Benefactor’.

  • Power, J. W. (c.1926), 'Power papers’.

  • Murphy, B. (1993), 'Museum of Contemporary Art: Vision and Context’.

  • Evatt, C.A. (1975), '‘JW Power’'.

  • Paroissien, L (1991), 'Opening Transformations’.

  • Stephen, A. (February 2011), '‘All Power to an Unsung Hero’’.

  • Stephen, A. (June 2011), '‘JW Power and the French Connection’’.

  • Evatt, C.A. (July 1975), 'John Power 1881-1943’.

See also

  • Bradley, A. and Smith, B. (21st century), 'John Joseph Wardell Power'. http://adb.anu.edu.au/
  • Evatt, C.A. (19 July 1975), 'Project 6: John Power 1881-1943'.
  • Power Institute of Fine Arts (1975), 'Dr John Power & the Power Bequest : the Power Institute and the Power Foundation : an illustrated survey'.
  • Sothebys (29 May 1962), 'Catalogue of Modern Paintings'.
  • Bertram, A. (1929), 'To The Mountains'.
  • J.W. Power, Elements de la Construction Picturale, Antoine Roche, Paris, 1932, English translation 1933
  • Abstraction-Création cahiers No 1-5, Paris 1932-36

Initial data sources

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