Yosl Bergner b. 1920

  • Artist (Painter)
Mid 20th century Viennese-born Melbourne and Israeli painter. Bergner was a contemporary of Boyd and Perceval and an active member of Melbourne's Contemporary Art Society together with his friends Noel Counihan and Vic O'Connor. Bergner's paintings were among the first to address the specific plight of Indigenous Australians and his later work took inspiration from the works of German writer Franz
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exhibited at
Yosl Bergner: A Retrospective
Date
2000
Place
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1939
Place
University of Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Related stub people
  • O'Connor, Vic (associate of)
  • Ravitch, Melech (child of)
  • Boyd, Arthur (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Contemporary Art Society (Victoria) (associate of)
Related people
  • Counihan, Noel (associate of)
  • Perceval, John (associate of)
Related works
  • The Metamorphosis (creator of)
  • Two Women (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
Related events
  • Yosl Bergner: A Retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)