Alan John Torning Oldfield b. 30 December 1943

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Curator ,
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
Alan Oldfield’s early work was characterised by crisp clean abstract paintings which combined a hedonist sensibility with the austerity of hard edge abstraction. His later paintings were in a more meditative style influenced by Italian Renaissance art and his deep and abiding religious faith.
Tags: Hard edge, Colour field, Central Street, Religious art, Renaissance inspired
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Alan Oldfield was born in Sydney’s industrial inner west,the son of a fitter and turner,whose success was very much a tribute to the quality of education made available to bright students in Australia in the immediate post war years. He discovered art because the local Marrickville library was designated to specialise in art books. He By the time he started high school the family had moved to a new house in Sydney’s south-west suburban sprawl and he attended East Hills Boys High, one of the new comprehensive schools that enabled all NSW school children to complete their secondary education.

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