Rosemary Ryan 'Untitled (Cabaret)' george bell circle

Rosemary Ryan 'Untitled (Cabaret)' george bell circleCompatriot of Charles Blackman and Mirka Mora, Rosemary Ryan lived her life in the thick of the Australian art scene. She studied at both the National Gallery School and under George Bell, showing two works at the Australian Artists Association exhibition in London, 1956. On her second solo exhibition, Bernard Smith wrote for The Age that she was the surprise of the week, praising her Proustian sensibility, authenticity and literary penchant. Smiths

‘The cat’s tale’ is a compelling find for collectors of early Blackman

Pugh won the Archibald Prize twice

‘Quartette’ is melancholic

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Mayo currently lectures in the Print Media and Drawing Workshop at the School of Art & Design

Image Size: 60 x 100 cm

The organic yet abstracted

pursuing the same sense of intuition and play in her own work

titled in lower margin

Signed: Titled lower left corner

It was held in 1997 at Manly Art Gallery

singing the sun away