Tony Tuckson
(Egypt, England, Australia 18 Jan 1921–24 Nov 1973)
White lines (vertical) on ultramarine
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Further information
If we consider the several components manifested in a work of art ... foremost is man himself, the artist ... but equally important is the use of his intuitive faculties – the influence of the unconscious.
Tony Tuckson 1964
It is for his later paintings such as 'White lines (vertical) on ultramarine' that Tony Tuckson is admired as one of Australia’s finest abstract expressionists. From the late 1950s, he used increasingly simplified forms and restricted colour
to concentrate on the act of painting. While absorbing developments in European and American abstraction and admiring the work of fellow Australian artist Ian Fairweather, Tuckson’s approach is perhaps most strongly allied to his
lifelong interest in Aboriginal and Melanesian art.- Year
- (1970-1973)
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- diptych: synthetic polymer paint on hardboard
- Dimensions
- 213.5 x 244.6cm board overall
:
a - left panel; 213.5 x 122.3cm; board
b - right panel; 213.5 x 122.3cm; board - Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Annette Dupree 1976
- Accession number
- 127.1976.a-b
- Copyright
- © Margaret Tuckson
