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Ralph Balson

Ralph Balson (1890 - 1964) was active/lived in Australia.  Ralph Balson is known for Painting.

Until the end of his life, Ralph Balson remained a highly ambitious painter.  Throughout his career Balson was not satisfied in working exclusively towards producing a commercially popular style of painting.   Instead he restlessly strove to interpret the experience of modernity.   In 1963 and 1964 he re-examined several of his earlier painting styles including his Non-Objective series. 

In 1955 when Balson turned 65 years of age he left his home in suburban Pagewood and relocated his studio to a converted double garage located on the property of fellow artist, Grace Crowley.  For the previous twenty years Balson's works were almost exclusively geometric in style and belong to what art historians refer to as his Constructive paintings.  Balson's dramatic break with his earlier geometric style allowed him to embrace a new found freedom of expression through the exploration of a loose gestural style of abstractio   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3340 characters.]  Artist bio

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