Born in 1921, the same year the Archibald Prize began, Warren went on to win it, both as painter and later subject.
Australia’s oldest working artist and former Archibald winner Guy Warren has died overnight at the age of 103.
“A consummate painter, educator, humanist and lover of life, Guy’s work expressed the beauty and depth of an artist imbued with a visionary aesthetic,” it said. “Guy will be greatly missed and remembered in the art world. Our thoughts are with his two children, Paul and Joanna, about whom Guy said, ‘they are the best thing I ever made’,” the post said.
Guy Warren with his 1985 Archibald Prize-winning painting of his friend, the sculptor Bert Flugelman.Warren was the 1985 Archibald winner with a portrait of his friend and fellow artist Bert FlugelmanHe was also the subject of the 2021 Archibald winning portrait by Melbourne painter Peter Wegner, in the portrait prize’s centenary year.
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