Yosl Bergner 'Two Women 1942' minimalist high society and Italian art

high society and Italian art

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Blackman was a devout Francophile

Paper Dimensions: 64 x 90 cm

Yosl Bergner 'Two Women 1942' minimalist high society and Italian artYosl Bergner is one of Australias most important artists. Born in Austria and raised in Poland, he and his family immigrated to Australia in 1937 to escape anti semitism. In Melbourne, Bergner attended the National Art School and befriended the Heide circle, who included Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker and John Perceval. It was alongside Noel Coulihan and Vic OConnor however, that Bergner made his indeminable mark. Self described as a social humanist,