Best known for his landscapes, Olsen won the Archibald prize in 2005 for a self-portrait
John Olsen, one of Australia’s most celebrated artists best known for his landscapes, has died aged 95.
“Apart from our First Nation artists, he changed the perspective and way that Australians looked at our magnificent landscape,” his son Tim Olsen, also an artist and a gallerist, told Nine newspapers. His landscapes centred on recurring themes such as Sydney Harbour and Lake Eyre, although perhaps his most famous work is a mural, Salute to Five Bells, which hangs in the Sydney Opera House.“There is so much to look at and observe about the Australian landscape, how it varies from tropical to the coastal fringe, and the interior.A tribute to his long career will be beamed onto the building’s sails next month during the Vivid Sydney festival.
But John Olsen, who was married four times, including to the artist Valerie Strong, the mother of Tim Olsen and his sister Louise.
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