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John Olsen b. 1928

Also known as John Henry Olsen

Artist (Painter),
Artist (Printmaker),
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
Designer ,
Artist (Ceramist)

John Olsen's exuberant paintings, which were first exhibited in Sydney in the 1950s, are often celebrations of Sydney, Majorca, marine life, good food and sunshine. He is an abstract artist whose work remains grounded in the landscape or in evocations of poetry, a painter whose distinctive curvilinear style continually pays homage to the quality of a wanderingline.

Tags: Sydney abstraction, Art and food, Archibald Prize

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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

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https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

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The Art Gallery of South Australia was founded in 1881. It is located at the heart of Adelaide’s cultural boulevard, North Terrace, between the South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide.

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Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Queensland Art Gallery

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Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA

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The Art Gallery of Western Australia was founded in 1895. It is located in the Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge, with the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia.
Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic.

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The Special Collections, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, comprise some 200,000 rare or historic books, serials and pamphlets and literary archives.

The McArthur Bequest (1903) was the first substantial donation to the University Library, which has been followed by, among others, the Sir Russell Grimwade, Ian McLaren and Clern Christesen collections acquired in the 1970s.

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John Olsen b. 1928

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

Queensland Art Gallery

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA

Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic.

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