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Peter Upward
b. 29 September 1932
Artist (Painter)
Peter Upward's gestural calligraphic works are possibly the closest Australia came to mid-twentieth century American Abstract Expressionism. However he was more inspired by the metaphysics of Japanese calligraphy.
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b. 29 September 1932 Melbourne, Victoria
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2 exhibitions
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