John Olsen (Australian artist)

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John Olsen
AO, OBE
BornJohn Henry Olsen
21 January 1928 (age 94)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Awards2005 Archibald Prize

John Henry Olsen AO OBE (born 21 January 1928) is an Australian artist and winner of the 2005 Archibald Prize.[1] Olsen’s primary subject of work is landscape.

Family and personal life[edit]

John Olsen lives near Bowral, New South Wales. In 1962, he married fellow artist Valerie Strong.[citation needed][29] Daughter Jane Olsen (with first wife Mary Flower), died in 2009.[30] John Olsen was married to his third wife, artist Noela Hjorth until 1986 and married his fourth wife, Katharine Howard, in 1989. Katharine Howard died in 2016.[31][citation needed] Son of the Brush is a 2020 memoir by Tim Olsen about his life as the son of artist John Olsen.

Daughter Louise Olsen is a co-founder of cult Australian fashion jewellery label Dinosaur Designs[3

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Auntie, Sister. Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Mother and Wife of German Descent I've lived in Australia since 1959 together with my husband Peter. We have four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I started blogging because I wanted to publish some of my childhood memories. I am blogging now also some of my other memories. I like to publish some photos too as well as a little bit of a diary from the present time. Occasionally I publish a story with a bit of fiction in it. Peter, my husband, is publishing some of his stories under berlioz1935.wordpress.com

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