Clifton Pugh
Australian · 1924–1990 · Painter
Clifton Ernest Pugh was an Australian artist and three-time winner of Australia's Archibald Prize. One of Australia's most renowned and successful painters, Pugh was strongly… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Meeting of the Apostle Birds 1958Smith & Singer · A$61,000≈ $41,573≈ £32,222≈ €37,592Sign up to see
A Sometimes River 1984Menzies · A$51,545≈ $34,403≈ £27,906≈ €31,716Sign up to see
Swamp Birds 1963Smith & Singer · A$43,750≈ $32,000≈ £24,098≈ €26,963Sign up to see
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Clifton Ernest Pugh was an Australian artist and three-time winner of Australia's Archibald Prize. One of Australia's most renowned and successful painters, Pugh was strongly influenced by German Expressionism, and was known for his landscapes and portraiture. Important early group exhibitions include The Antipodeans, the exhibition for which Bernard Smith drafted a manifesto in support of Australian figurative painting, an exhibition in which Arthur Boyd, David Boyd, John Brack, Robert Dickerson, John Perceval and Charles Blackman showed; a joint exhibition with Barry Humphries, in which the two responded to Dadaism; and Group of Four at the Victorian Artists Society Gallery with Pugh, John Howley, Don Laycock and Lawrence Daws.
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Expressionism
Also known as Clifton Ernest Pugh
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