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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creator of
Cubist composition with an anchor and other nautical elements
Medium
watercolour
Tags
Gouache
URL
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/WA8.1964/
 
creator of
A wreck on the shore
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
Tags
Surrealism
URL
http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=167021

41.0 h x 61.0 w cm

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Paysage (Landscape)
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67291

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Danseurs (Dancers)
Date
Medium
egg tempera and oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=68539

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Plan de l'Exposition
Date
Medium
gouache, pencil and ink on paper
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=69085

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Marine
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67267

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Flower in parenthesis
Date
Medium
egg tempera and oil on wooden panel
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67294

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Flower in parenthesis
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67376

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Danseuse (dancer)
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67431

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Danseurs (Dancers)
Date
Medium
egg tempera and oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=68510

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Flowers
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=68544

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Abstraction
Date
Medium
egg tempera and oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67237

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Abstraction
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67357

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
creator of
Eléments de la Construction Picturale
Date
Medium
artist book
URL
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an23748389

Power’s analysis of painting and the history of its relation to geometry.
The book was launched at an exhibition with André Masson and Jean Lurçat at the Galerie Jeanne Bucher in June 1933.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Groupe or Baigneuse (Group or Bathers)
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67249

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Tête (Head)
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67254

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Tête (Head)
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67266

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Abstraction
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67269

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Untitled
Date
Medium
oil and egg tempera on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67288

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Conversation
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67715

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Susannah & Elders
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=68556

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Tête (Head)
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67318

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Moonlight Flirtation
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67352

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Tête (Head)
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67430

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

 
Courtesy of: Sydney University Museums
creator of
Commerages (The Gossipers)
Date
Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/index.php?record=67231

Credit Line: Mrs Edith Power Bequest 1962, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art.

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