Independent Lina Bryans

Independent painter Lina Bryans was known for her portraits.

But I really like her landscapes. Especially the ones she made in the 1960s and early 1970s before she could no longer paint.

I think her friendship with Ian Fairweather had rubbed off and she had slowly begun to make works with more abstract overtones.

Like this landscape in 1958.

| Lina Bryans, Landscape, 1958, oil on canvas on cardboard, 76 x 63 cm |

It’s a glorious bush scene with not a horizon in sight.

Beautiful clean palette.

Julia Ritson

Image:
Lina Bryans: Rare Modern 1909-2000, Gillian Forwood