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Tony Tucson
Exhibition December 19, 2018
The Art Gallery of New South Wales represents the heritage of one of the most significant expressionist artists in Australia. Tony Tucson. The exhibition features 70 paintings and works on paper, beginning in the late 1950s and beginning in the 1970s. They show the development and diversity of the work of Taxon - from the early calligraphic style to sensual and broad strokes in the later works.
John Anthony Tucson (1921, Egypt - 1973, Australia) was an artist of abstract expressionism, director of an art gallery and a pilot during World War II. Tucson was educated in England. After the war, he studied for three years in Australia, at East Sydney Technical College. Until 1958, he was an artist in the Paris school, and from the late 1950s he used increasingly simplistic forms and limited color to concentrate on the act of painting. Lifelong Tucson’s lifelong approach is most strongly associated with his interest in Aboriginal and Melanesian art.
John Anthony Tucson (1921, Egypt - 1973, Australia) was an artist of abstract expressionism, director of an art gallery and a pilot during World War II. Tucson was educated in England. After the war, he studied for three years in Australia, at East Sydney Technical College. Until 1958, he was an artist in the Paris school, and from the late 1950s he used increasingly simplistic forms and limited color to concentrate on the act of painting. Lifelong Tucson’s lifelong approach is most strongly associated with his interest in Aboriginal and Melanesian art.
