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An image of The chapel by John Olsen

John Olsen

(Australia, England, Spain, Portugal 21 Jan 1928– )

Title
The chapel
Year
1966
Media category
Painting
Materials used
synthetic polymer paint on canvas on hardboard
Dimensions

100.0 x 150.0cm board; 101.8 x 152.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, synthetic polymer paint "John Olsen/ `66".
Credit
Gift of Patrick White 1973
Accession number
21.1973
Copyright
© John Olsen. Licensed by Viscopy, Australia
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Deborah Hart, John Olsen, East Roseville, 1991, 86, 87 (illus.). fig.no. 19

Helen Hewitt, Voices Winter 1997, 'Patrick White: painter manqué', pg. 61-70, Canberra, Winter 1997, 65.

Helen Verity Hewitt, Patrick White, painter, manqué: paintings, painters and their influence on his writing, 'White and the Sydney Art World: I', pg. 44-53, Carlton, 2002, 48, 146-147.

Barry Pearce, Look Nov 2004, 'Patrick White, art patron', pg. 27, Newtown, Nov 2004, 27.

Exhibition history (2)

John Olsen (1967), Clune Galleries, Sydney, 09 May 1967 -

John Olsen retrospective (1991-92):