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Ian Fairweather (29 September 1891 – 20 May 1974) was a Scottish painter resident in Australia for much of his life. He combined western and Asian influences in his work.
Biography. A reclusive individual, Ian Fairweather took the theme of people as his recurring subject, sourcing inspiration from southeast Asian cultures, cubism, abstraction and Aboriginal art, to produce layered calligraphic compositions, often verging on the abstract.
Oct 1, 2021 · Claire Roberts new book on Ian Fairweather looks at the influence of China on his art and ideas, and concludes the ‘Australian artist’ was free of any national allegiance.
Ian Fairweather was a Scottish-born Australian painter known both for his dramatic paintings that combined Chinese and Aboriginal influences and for his eccentric lifestyle. Fairweather was the son of James Fairweather, a surgeon general for the Indian army.
After a restless early life, in 1953 artist Ian Fairweather (1891–1974) consolidated his home and art in a hut on Bribie Island, in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay. The following 20 years saw Fairweather achieve the summation of his life’s work as a painter and the works from this period brought him enduring fame.
Ian Fairweather (1891-1974), artist, was born on 29 September 1891 at Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, youngest of nine children of James Fairweather, deputy surgeon general, Indian Medical Service, and his wife Annette Margaret Dupré, née Thorp.
Jun 15, 2024 · Ian Fairweather is widely recognised as the most influential abstract painter in Australia in the post-war period. Although living in isolation on Bribie Island off the coast of Queensland, the assurance of his abstract, visionary paintings provided an essential reference point for Australian abstraction to aspire to.
