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Kenneth Ronald Whisson

Kenneth Ronald Whisson (1927 - 2002) was active/lived in Australia.  Kenneth Whisson is known for Painting and sculpture.

Kenneth Ronald Whisson ( b.1927)

Although previously overlooked or marginalized as an 'outsider' within the annals of Australian art, today Whisson is universally celebrated as one of the most important and unconventional artists of our time.  Based in Perugia, Italy since 1977, during his early years Whisson was a peripheral member of the group including Nolan, Boyd and Tucker who immersed themselves in the cultural ferment of the forties with John and Sunday Reed at Heide.  Notably, he also studied with Cossack émigré artist Danila Vassilieff, under whose tutelage the younger artist not only embraced a predominantly expressionistic figurative style but gleaned a lifelong commitment to anarchism and non-conformity.  Yet despite such seminal influences, the highly personal and unique vision that so distinguishes his mature work deliberately eludes affinity with any other artist or school.  Rather, 'intuition' is the critical guiding force for Whisson, unleash   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2373 characters.]  Artist bio

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