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Name
Elwyn Lynn
Also known as:
  • Jack Lynn (nickname, given in childhood that persisted throughout his life)
  • Elwyn Augustus Lynn
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Curator
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • High school teacher (English) (ANZSIC code: 8022) 1941 - 1968 NSW Department of Education, NSW
  • Editor (ANZSIC code: 541) 1983 - 1986 Art and Australia
  • Associate Editor (ANZSIC code: 541) 1966 - 1978 Quadrant
  • Editor 1978 - 1981 Quadrant
Tags:
Contemporary art
Painterly abstraction
art critiic
dada
matter painting
Birth date
16 November 1917
Birth place
Canowindra, NSW
Death date
22 January 1997
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1952 - 1997
Residence
  • 1917 - c.1919 Canowindra, NSW
  • 1919 - 1937 Junee, NSW
  • 1938 - 1997 Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Bachelor of Arts , 1938 - 1940 University of Sydney, NSW
  • Diploma of Education, 1941 Sydney Teachers College, Sydney, NSW

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Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Curator
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Curator
Tags
  • Contemporary art
  • Painterly abstraction
  • art critiic
  • dada
  • matter painting
  • Contemporary art
  • Painterly abstraction
  • art critiic
  • dada