In this elegant woodblock print, Ian Armstrong distills a moment in the Australian bush. A cluster of blossoming gumnuts fill the foreground, backed by an almost watery greenish-gold pattern. In Armstrong’s distinctly modernist composition, lies echoes of printmakers prior – Margaret Preston and Adelaide Perry.

A close friend and colleague of artists Fred Williams and Harry Rosengrave, Armstrong was a member of the influential George Bell School. His work crossed landscapes, portraiture and still life, united by an intuitive, modernist grasp of form and composition. There is a musicality to Armstrong’s vision, reflective of an artist who pursued his “own peculiar idea of the world, his own way of thinking and feeling.”

Armstrong’s work can be found across public institutions, including at the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of New South Wales. For collectors of prints and Australian modernism, this botanical beauty is a beguiling find.

Ian ARMSTRONG (1923 - 2005)
'Untitled (P. River Blossum)' 1979
Woodblock on paper
Image Size: 19 x 24 cm
Dimensions: 29 x 38 cm
Signed: Signed with initials and dated below image.

Comes with Letter of Provenance

Condition: Very Good: Describes a work of art's image as Excellent, but may show some small signs of surrounding wear to paper or frame. There are no tears to paper margin or disruption to the paint surface. Slight yellowing on top edge of page.

(c) The Artist or Assignee