'Shield'

'Shield' 1980 mixed media on stretched canvas 1015 x 1015mm by Elwyn Augustus Lynn (1917-1997) signed, titled dated and inscribed 8/26 Ocean Avenue. Double Bay. on label adhered to verso

Life Summary:

Birth: 6 November, 1917 Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia.

Death: 22 January, 1997 (aged 79) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Education:  Junee High school (NSW), Wagga Wagga High School (NSW), University of Sydney, Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education (Sydney)

Occupation/Descriptor: abstract artist, art critic, art gallery curator, magazine/journal editor, painter & schoolteacher.

Awards: Blake Prize for religious art, Member of the Order of Australia, Wynne Prize for art and Emeritus Award for Visual Arts (Australia Council)

Legacies: Elwyn Lynn conference centre (Uni of New South Wales)

Key Organisations: Contemporary Art Society of Australia (NSW), Australia Council (visual arts) & Royal Society of Arts (UK)

Political Activism: Vietnam War supporter

Workplaces: Cleveland Street High (Sydney), Macquarie Boys' High School (Parramatta, NSW), Liverpool Public and Junior Technical School (Sydney), Australian (newspaper), Bulletin (magazine), Quadrant, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Sydney), Nation Review newspaper, Art and Australia journal.