John Vickery | |
Birth Date: | 1906[1] |
Birth Place: | Bunyip, Victoria, Australia |
Death Date: | 1983 |
Death Place: | Califon, New Jersey, United States |
Nationality: | Australian |
Alma Mater: | National Gallery of Victoria Art School[2] |
Known For: | Painting Illustration Advertising design |
John Vickery (1906–1983[1]) was an Australian artist. He worked in the fields of op art, abstract expressionism, illustration and advertising. He is the only Australian artist to have been a part of the New York School.[2]
Vickery was born in Bunyip, Victoria in Australia in 1906.[1] He relocated to New York, New York in the United States in 1936. He was colleagues with Philip Guston, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, and Willem de Kooning.[2]
He died in Califon, New Jersey in 1983.[1]