Marie Mansfield’s work centres around people and places in an unexpected dance. Her landscapes are often devoid of people, yet retain traces of their presence – a spectral energy that conjures melancholy, nostalgia and bemusement.

In ‘Artist’s Lounge (National Art School)’ Mansfield paints an armchair waiting for its sitter. The setting is Sydney’s National Art School – the state’s premier art school. This work is thus a memento of the artist’s time at school, a nostalgic vestige of another time.

Mansfield is an esteemed contemporary artist. In 2021 she won the Portia Geach portrait prize for women and in 2020 completed a residency at Bundanon. She is also a Doug Moran, Archibald and Mosman Prize finalist.

For collectors of contemporary landscapes, still lives and female artists, collect ‘Artists Lounge’ before school ends.

Marie MANSFIELD
'Artist’s Lounge (National Art School)' 2020
oil on board
Image Size: 35 x 40 cm
Dimensions: 38 x 43 x 4 cm
Signed: Signed and titled verso: Artist's Lounge (National Art School)

Condition: Excellent

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