John Olsen b. 21 January 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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Citations

  • Hart Deborah (1991), 'John Olsen’.

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

  • Virginia Spate (1965), 'John Olsen’.

  • McGrath, Sandra & Olsen, John (1981), 'The Artist and the Desert’.

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Related collections
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)