Untitled 1982 (From - Alba & Oceania Series)
Oil on Canvas
61x45cm
Signed and Dated Verso
Prov: Nielsen Gallery Boston MA artists Cat No. JW9411
Prov: Private Collection Adelaide
$5,000-8,000
Lot.55 JOHN WALKER (born 1939)
British-born painter John Walker is an internationally recognised figure in contemporary abstraction, whose career has encompassed painting, drawing and printmaking. Born in Birmingham in 1939, he studied at Birmingham College of Art before continuing his education in Rome and Paris. Emerging as a significant figure in post-war British painting, Walker represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1972 and received numerous distinctions, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1981. His expressive compositions, characterised by bold forms, layered surfaces and complex spatial relationships, reflect influences ranging from European modernism to Abstract Expressionism.
Walker developed a significant association with Australia during the late 1970s and 1980s, undertaking residencies at Monash University and Prahran College of Advanced Education before serving as Dean of the School of Art at Melbourne’s Victoria College of the Arts from 1982 to 1986. His engagement with Australian and Oceanic art informed an important period of artistic experimentation. Widely exhibited internationally, his work is represented in major public collections, including the Tate, London, Museum of Modern Art, New York, National Gallery of Australia and National Gallery of Victoria.
