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
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London Group 1923 - 1936
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Salon des Surindependants
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Comite Abstraction-Création 1932 - 1936
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Other occupations
  • Author, Illustrator, Stage Costume Designer, Physician and Surgeon, Medical Scientist, Military Doctor, Philanthropist, Art Patron -
  • Medical Doctor 1906 - c.1919 Europe
  • Author, Illustrator, Stage Costume Designer, Physician and Surgeon, Medical Scientist, Military Doctor, Philanthropist, Art Patron
  • Medical Doctor 1906 - c.1919 Europe
Tags
  • Expatriate
  • Benefactor
  • Cubism
  • Modernist
  • Expatriate
  • Modernist
  • Cubism
  • Benefactor