Jack bush

Down and Across

Jack Bush retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada is a deeply satisfying exploration of his work’s delights and audacities

New York Visit February 18 - April 28, 2012 Opening Reception: February 18, 2012, 6 - 8pm

Jack Bush (1909-1977) Canadian abstract painter Bush developed his approach to abstraction through the 1950s. He was a member of Painters Eleven, the group founded in 1953 to promote abstract painting in Canada, and was soon encouraged in his art by the American art critic Clement Greenberg who became a mentor to Bush and encouraged him to refine his palette, technique, and approach. As a result of his guidance, Bush became closely tied to Color Field Painting.

Of the group of Color Field painters associated with the Washington Color School and Post-Painterly Abstraction—the latter term endowed by the critic Clement Greenberg in 1964—the artist I know least about is Jack Bush.

Light Grey, July 1968 acrylic on canvas, 226 × 172.7 cm (89 × 68 in.) Private Collection © Estate of Jack Bush / SODRAC (2014) Photo: Michael Cullen, TPG Digital Art Services Pinched Orange, December 1964 oil on canvas, 220.9 × 177.8 cm (87 × 70 in.). Collection of Audrey and David Mirvish, Toronto. © Estate of Jack Bush / SODRAC (2014) Photo: Craig Boyko Tall Spread, June 1966 acrylic on canvas, 271.7 × 152.4 cm (107 × 60 in.) National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa © Estate of Jack Bush…

Jack Bush Orange Centre, 1964. Oil on canvas.

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