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Title

Untitled

late 1980s

Artist

Dušan Marek

Australia

07 Mar 1926 – 09 Mar 1993

  • Details

    Date
    late 1980s
    Media category
    Drawing
    Materials used
    charcoal
    Dimensions
    152.5 x 203.5 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Signed l.r., charcoal "Dusan Marek". Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of James Agapitos and Ray Wilson 2002
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    18.2002
    Copyright
    © Art Gallery of New South Wales

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    Artist information
    Dušan Marek

    Works in the collection

    13

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  • About

    Marek was one of Australia's foremost surrealists, a painter, draughtsman, avant-garde film-maker and teacher. Czech-born he arrived in Australia with his wife Helena in 1948 and has lived and worked in New South Wales, South Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. He was the subject of an AGNSW 'Project' exhibition 1975-76 and a critical inclusion in the National Gallery's exhibition 'Surrealism, Flight by Night' 1993 and its satellite touring component on Australian Surrealism.

    Apart from his undoubted qualities as a painter, Marek was a gifted and sensitive draughtsman, his charcoal drawings are especially fine with references to the human figure and the organic nature of matter.

    Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2002

Other works by Dušan Marek

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