John Coburn (painter)
John Coburn
Born in Ingham, Queensland, John Coburn moved from town to town with his mother and two younger sisters when his bank manager father went from branch to branch. His father died when the boy was 10.[2]
While enlisted in the
Coburn studied art at East Sydney Technical College in 1947. He finished his four-year training dissatisfied:[2]
I'd learned to paint portraits and landscapes and to draw from the human figure ... but at the end I said 'So what; what's it good for?'
By 1955–1956 Coburn was starting to find his own style. In 1969 he told The Canberra Times :[2]
It's a flat-patterned style of painting, using brilliant colour combinations based on natural or organic images.
In 1956 he joined the
Coburn taught art at East Sydney Technical College from 1959 to 1966 and he later became Head of the National Art School at the College for two years.[1]
He won the
Major galleries in Australia have collected and displayed Coburn's works, many of which can now be found in major private and corporate collections, such as the Cbus Collection of Australian Art.
Notes and references
- ^ ISBN 0-86832-019-6.
- ^ Canberra Times. ACT. 22 January 1969. p. 13. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Artist's sketchbook of drawings of HMAS Nepal, portraits and scenes onshore". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ "About – The Mandorla Art Award". The Mandorla Art Award. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "John Coburn". www.cbusartcollection.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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