Adrian Lawlor
(Unknown)
Painter, critic and writer Adrian Lawlor had a strong
interest in European contemporary art. Although he experimented
with different forms and styles, his paintings received little
recognition during his life time. A colourist, Lawlor used symbols
and abstracted forms in his work as seen in this composition with
its maritime theme.
As some 200 of his works were destroyed by fire in 1939 and he
stopped painting soon after 1940, this abstract is one of a small
body of extant early work by the artist. Lawlor appears to have
been the first artist in Australia to have adopted the device of
surrounding his works with a white frame