Arch Cuthbertson was committed to Australian modernism. Across his fruitful career, he worked between cubism, hard-edge and abstract expressionism, producing imagery that was in conversation with art at large. One critic described his approach as like old-time jazz, an energetic and fresh jive with form, colour and texture.

An original mixed media on paper, ‘Untitled (Purple Forms)’ appears as a feat of abstract expressionism but is not necessarily nonrepresentational. Cuthbertson was inspired by the Victorian landscape, finding figures, form and order in the chaos of nature. The white shapes that flutter across this textual purple plane evoke birds, blossoms or even falling angels. What you see is up to you.

A revered artist, Cuthbertson was also a devoted art educator and closed his career as a Senior Lecturer in art at Deakin University. A friend of Leonard French and Roger Kemp, his work is collectable and distinct, represented across public collections including at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of South Australia. Whether you are an existing collector of Cuthbertson or an explorer of modernism, this work is a revelation.

Arch CUTHBERTSON (1924 - 2001)
'Untitled (Purple Forms)'
mixed media on paper
Image Size: 58 x 76 cm
Dimensions: 58 x 76 cm
Signed: signed 'Cuthbertson' L.R
Comes with Letter of Provenance

Condition is 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.

(c) The Artist or Assignee