Yosl Bergner 'Shells' heide circle

Yosl Bergner 'Shells' heide circleYosl Bergner is one of Australia's most important twentieth century artists. Born in Vienna and raised in Warsaw, he arrived in Melbourne in 1937 and studied at the National Gallery School, becoming associated with the influential Heide circle of Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker and John Perceval. Alongside fellow social realists Noel Counihan and Vic O'Connor, Bergner forged a distinctive artistic vision that combined modernist experimentation with a

rose and brick thatch together to recall that personal history always intersects with the histories of the land and its people

these works recall the refugee’s plight – an experience that remains pertinent today

Each edition was printed with Matisse M22 print pasted and structure acrylic paint on a tined gesso background

Dimensions: 11 x 18 cm

A different impression of the larger work has been exhibited and collected by the Bendigo Art Gallery

amongst many

The composition balances minimalism with expressive intensity

Violeta Capovska works across mediums – printmaking

Baldessin's work explored existentialism

he is an art critic and academic

Image Size: 69 x 119 cm

Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from The Charles Blackman Foundation