BECK, JOAN (1916-1989)

"Airborne Zebra" (c.1960)
oil on board
cm
signed lower right
*private collection, Melbourne
 
Beck was an underrated, pioneering female at the forefront of the abstract expressionism movement in Australia in the early 1960s. The wife of famous English designer and illustrator, Richard Beck, she was a finalist in several national art prizes, including the Wynne Prize.