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'''Ralph Balson''' (1890-1964) was an English born Australian Artist.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) Matter painting 1960|url=https://ift.tt/3n89vMK>
== Early Life ==
Balson was born in Bothenhampton, [[Dorset]], England. After attened the village school he became an apprentice in 1903 to become a plumber and house painter. At the age of 23, Balson migrated to [[Sydney|Sydney, Australia]]. In Sydney, 1914, he married Emilie Kathleen Austin a the All Sanits Anglican Church, Woollahra. During this time, he supported his family by working as a house painter and took up art in his spare time.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Career ==
In 1932, when [[Grace Crowley]] and [[Rah Fizelle]] established the Crowely-Fizelle School in George Street, Sydney Balson assisted by painting the premises. It was here that Balson painted from 1934 to 1937 and explored geometric Cubist principles of composition. The artists Eleonore Lange and [[Frank Hinder]] were responsible for introducing Balson to the work of [[Wassily Kandinsky]], [[Fernand Léger]] and [[Piet Mondrian]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 1955 Balson retired from house painting and devoted himself to his art career. From 1949 to 1959 he taught abstract painting at [[East Sydney Technical College]]. In 1960 Balson traveled to Europe and the United States, visiting exhibitions of American minimalism and hard-edge abstraction. During this time he developed and appreciation for and was influenced by the work of [[Jackson Pollock|Jackson Pollack]], [[Alberto Burri]] and [[Antoni Tàpies|Antoni Tapiès]]. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Australian artists]]
[[Category:1890 births]]
[[Category:1964 deaths]]
== Early Life ==
Balson was born in Bothenhampton, [[Dorset]], England. After attened the village school he became an apprentice in 1903 to become a plumber and house painter. At the age of 23, Balson migrated to [[Sydney|Sydney, Australia]]. In Sydney, 1914, he married Emilie Kathleen Austin a the All Sanits Anglican Church, Woollahra. During this time, he supported his family by working as a house painter and took up art in his spare time.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Career ==
In 1932, when [[Grace Crowley]] and [[Rah Fizelle]] established the Crowely-Fizelle School in George Street, Sydney Balson assisted by painting the premises. It was here that Balson painted from 1934 to 1937 and explored geometric Cubist principles of composition. The artists Eleonore Lange and [[Frank Hinder]] were responsible for introducing Balson to the work of [[Wassily Kandinsky]], [[Fernand Léger]] and [[Piet Mondrian]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 1955 Balson retired from house painting and devoted himself to his art career. From 1949 to 1959 he taught abstract painting at [[East Sydney Technical College]]. In 1960 Balson traveled to Europe and the United States, visiting exhibitions of American minimalism and hard-edge abstraction. During this time he developed and appreciation for and was influenced by the work of [[Jackson Pollock|Jackson Pollack]], [[Alberto Burri]] and [[Antoni Tàpies|Antoni Tapiès]]. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Australian artists]]
[[Category:1890 births]]
[[Category:1964 deaths]]
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