JOHN ANDERSON ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST MIXED MEDIA

JOHN ANDERSON (CANADIAN, B. 1940) MIXED MEDIA ON HEAVY PAPER WITH DECKLED EDGES, MONOGRAMMED "A" AND DATED 21/5/[19]80 LOWER RIGHT, FURTHER INSCRIBED IN INK ON REVERSE: "FOR INGEBORG & HANS / WITH BEST & AFFECTIONATE / WISHES, / J. / TORONTO" DEDICATED TO FELLOW ARTIST INGEBORG MOHR AND HER HUSBAND HANSBEARING PENCIL ANNOTATION "JOHN ANDERSON?" ON MOUNTING BOARD A DYNAMIC ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST COMPOSITION WITH GESTURAL BRUSHWORK AND LAYERED TEXTURAL PASSAGES 30.75 X 22.75 IN FLOAT-MOUNTED ON PAPER BACKING BOARD; UNFRAMED BORN IN CALCUTTA, INDIA, JOHN ANDERSON IS A PROMINENT CANADIAN ABSTRACT AND COLOR FIELD ARTIST WHO EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1953 AND SPENT SIGNIFICANT YEARS HONING HIS STYLE IN FRANCE BEFORE RETURNING TO ONTARIO. WIDELY KNOWN FOR HIS LYRICAL, HIGHLY TEXTURED COLORIST WORKS, HE GAINED PROMINENCE THROUGH MAJOR EXHIBITIONS IN THE 1970S AND 1980S AT TORONTO'S GALLERY MOOS AND THE ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY IN NEW YORK.