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Jack Bush 🇨🇦

Jack Bush (Known as "John Hamilton Bush")
Abstract Expressionist, Color Field Master, Member of Painters Eleven
Born 20 March 2009 🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada
Passed Away 24 January 1977 Toronto, Canada
Lifespan 67 years old
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"When you lay down a stroke of clear crimson next to olive green, you are not describing an object; you are creating music for the eye."

Archival Overview

Internationally acclaimed Canadian Color Field painter whose vibrant sash and chevron canvases represented Canada at the 1967 São Paulo Biennial.

Biographical Record

John Hamilton "Jack" Bush was a pivotal figure in Canadian post-painterly abstraction. Working by day as a commercial advertising illustrator in Toronto, Bush was a founding member of Painters Eleven in 1953, the collective that introduced abstract expressionism to English Canada.

Encouraged by influential American critic Clement Greenberg to simplify his compositions and paint his feelings with uninhibited color, Bush developed iconic motifs: brilliant ribbons, sashes, and thrusting chevrons of pure hue floating on raw or muted grounds. His works entered premier collections worldwide, including the Tate Modern, MoMA, and the National Gallery of Canada.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Toronto, Canada
GPS: 43.6961, -79.3900
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