Yosl Bergner b. 13 October 1920

  • Artist (Painter)
20th century Melbourne painter. Contemporary of Boyd and Perceval and active member of Contemporary Art Society with Noel Counihan and Vic O'Connor. Bergner's paintings were among the 1st to address the specific plight of Indigenous Australians and later work took inspiration from the works of German writer Franz. In Tel Aviv, a member of a circle of artists centred in the popular Cafe Kassit, where he painted a large mural.
Tags: social conscience, Communist, refugee
exhibited at
Yosl Bergner: A Retrospective
Date
2000
Place
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Yosl Bergner
Date
1985
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

With the assistance of the Visual; Arts Board of the Australia Council and the Gandel Charitable Trust

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGV annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Yosl Bergner : a retrospective exhibition, Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1985.
ISBN 072410111X

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Painting
exhibited at
Contemporary Art Society's Anti-Fascist Exhibition
Date
4 January 1943 - 25 January 1943
Place
Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Anti-Fascist Exhibition
Date
8 December 1942 - 18 December 1942
Place
Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Art Society: Exhibition 1942
Date
4 August 1942 - 15 August 1942
Place
Athenaeum Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1939
Place
University of Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition