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Description Rainforest I is a classic example of John Coburn's hard-edged colour field painting of the late sixties. Part of the appeal of these paintings lies in the artist's audacity...

1986 Description Carnival was painted in 1984 when Coburn was 59 at the St Ives studio. His vibrant composition and rich colour are inspired by Theatre. This painting decorated the...

1973 Description The lyrical colours and playful shapes of Aubusson Green float over a field of clear bright green. Aubusson green is the colour of a special paint colour made...

1979 Description Coburn painted Africa II in 1968, when he was living in Canberra. He admits to being strongly influenced by the mainstream of art at that time, which was...

1990 Description Coburn developed his own language that paid homage to Aboriginal Art and the Australian outback. Neither borrowing or imitating, he stayed within his Western art tradition, at the...

1988 Description Field was painted in the Surry Hills studio in 1998 when John was 73. In 2002 it was later photographically enlarged by Lend Lease Property Services to beautify...

1974 Description John Coburn has long been recognised as one of, if not, Australia's finest designer of tapestries. His magnificent Curtain of the Sun 1971 and Curtain of the Moon...

1968 Description Form without content was one of the trends emphasised in the art of the 1960s. Coburn's art has never been without content but a lot of painting at...

1960 Description This painting was painted the same year Coburn won the prestigious Blake Prize for religious art. The prize became a turning point for the artist and was followed...

1979 Description Coburn's Transfiguration is a large semi-religious oil painting with a richly decorative background of gold leaf. It combines two of Coburn’s constant themes — a celebration of the...