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

 

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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