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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  • Direction 1 (exhibited at)
  • Pacific Loan Exhibition: Contemporary Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen: selected graphics (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen: the land beyond time (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen retrospective (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen: paintings and drawings from the permanent collection (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen: encounters with drawing (exhibited at)
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  • Arthur Boyd: family and friends (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen: in search of the open country (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Save Victoria Street (exhibited at)
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • Direction 1 (exhibited at)
  • Pacific Loan Exhibition: Contemporary Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen: selected graphics (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen: the land beyond time (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen retrospective (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen: paintings and drawings from the permanent collection (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen: encounters with drawing (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen (exhibited at)
  • You beaut country: the art of John Olsen (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen (exhibited at)
  • Arthur Boyd: family and friends (exhibited at)
  • John Olsen: in search of the open country (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • NSW Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Save Victoria Street (exhibited at)
  • Spring Festival of Drawing (exhibited at)
  • Arts Vietnam (exhibited at)
  • Janet Dawson: Colin Lanceley: Robert Klippel: John Olsen (exhibited at)
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