Jack Courier
Jack Courier
Standing Figure, 1971
John (Jack) Courier (1915-2007)
stone colour lithograph, ed. 10/12
titled, editioned, and signed below image
54 x 40 cm
Provenance: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RANZCOG) collection
Literature: Jack Courier (1915-2007) Lithographs, Castlemaine Art Gallery, Victoria, 2009 p. 39 illustrated p. 38 (same copy).
$300 (framed)
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John (Jack) Courier was born in Melbourne and was educated at Xavier College and Prahran Technical School. In 1937 he joined the George Bell school of modernist painters and quickly distinguished himself as an exceptional talent. From 1950 to 1951 he travelled in Europe. He returned to England under a British Council Bursary 1954-1956 and studied painting, drawing, lithography and etching at the Slade School, London. On his return to Melbourne, he set up the first printmaking department at Prahran Technical School. He was later printmaking instructor at Caulfield Institute of Technology and was recognised as a master lithographer. He is represented in National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, numerous regional art galleries and private and corporate collections. Mainly works in lithography.