John olsen

Five bells by John Olsen »« painted over 50 years ago and this Aussie talent is still producing wonderful paintings (photo by Decoro Custom Interiors, Sydney)

John Olsen - Summer in the you beaut country (1962)

Australian artist this month is John Olsen who has been one of he biggest inspirations for my art journey. "To be an Australian artist is to be an adventurer"

John Olsen's career celebrated in major retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria.

The early 1980s were a time of great change and upheaval for John Olsen on both a personal and professional level.

Select works by featuring in the exhibition

Art market auction sales from the 1970s to 2024 for 4,653 works by artist John Henry Olsen (1928-2023), and values for over 18,000 other Australian and New Zealand artists.

Limited Edition Prints by John Olsen

It is autumn in the southern highlands and John Olsen is painting in a flurry of golden yellow, crimson and vermilion. The 85-year-old artist's latest commission is monumental, even by his standards. At eight metres by six metres, it does not fit onto one canvas. Instead, Olsen paints directly onto marine ply panels on the floor of what used to be a car workshop. The mural, soon to be installed in the foyer of a new office tower in Melbourne, weighs almost 700 kilograms. It is Olsen's…