John Coburn is regarded as one of Australia’s best-known and most recognisable abstract artists. His work continues to be widely collected and celebrated for its exquisite visual power and mythic narrative quality. On the surface, Coburn’s paintings embody a harmony of organic forms, rich colour, and compelling flatness. Looking deeper, they channel an inner energy through symbolic forms and universal themes that speak to the human experience.
Coburn’s artistic mission was to create a distinctly Australian abstract language—one that drew together Western modernism, ancient mythology, and the natural world. His Yellow Landscape with White Bird evokes peace and freedom. His international influences included Matisse, Miró, Mondrian, Picasso, and Rothko, while his Australian peers admired his unwavering pursuit of beauty and balance.
Through this lifelong exploration, Coburn forged a luminous visual language that continues to illuminate the expressive and transcendent dimensions of Australian art.

John COBURN (1925 - 2006)
'Yellow Landscape with White Bird' 2003
oil on canvas
Image Size: 100 x 112 cm
Signed: signed lower right: Coburn inscribed verso: Yellow Landscape with White Bird/ John Coburn 2003
Comes with Letter of Provenance
EXHIBITED: John Coburn, Twelve Recent Paintings with their Studies and One New Tapestry, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 25 November - 17 December 2003
Condition: Excellent
(c) John Coburn / Copyright Agency