DAVID, ALLEN (1926-2014)

“Afternoon Landscape” (1964)
Oil on board
60 x 90cm
Signed lower right
*private collection, Sydney
 
David was a respected Indian Mid Century Abstract Painter. Born and educated in Bombay, he moved to Melbourne, Australia where he earned a Bachelors Degree of Architecture. He was instrumental in introducing Australia to Asian abstract expressionism, with a distinctly Indian style, popularized by his Indian contemporaries V.S. Gaitonde, Shanti Dave, F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza & M.F. Husain. .During this time he began to paint & hold exhibitions of his work. David established 43 Dalgety Street in Melbourne, the first gallery in Australia devoted to Abstract Art. In Sydney, he gave a series of television lectures for the University of Sydney and taught at the University of NSW..Moving to London, Mr. David devoted his time to painting and sculpture and received major commissions for a large glass screen from Latrobe University in Melbourne and for the City of London Glass Fountain at Guildhall..David spent five years in Tel Aviv, where he received commissions from the Tel Aviv municipality for a glass fountain at Dizengoff Circle and for a glass sculpture at Einstein Street. A recognized artist in the international art community, David has had his paintings, sculptures and tapestries, included in distinguished private collections in the United States, England & Australia. David's work has been shown intensively in galleries around the world, including New York, London, Tel Aviv, Melbourne & Sydney..He found major success in London, New York & Tel Aviv, and his work is represented in several major collections including the NGV and The Tate, London.