LYMBURNER, FRANCIS (1916-1972)

“Boy & Boat”(c.1950)
Oil on board
23 x 52cm
Signed lower right
*Australian Galleries
*Barry Stern Galleries
*Penfold Collection, Sydney
 
Lymburner was an important, award-winning Australian Expressionist & Figurative Painter. Francis trained at Brisbane Technical College and won the Godfrey Rivers medal in 1936. He began teaching at East Sydney Technical College in 1940 and was featured in Art in Australia the following year. He held his first solo exhibition, at the Notanda Gallery. Considered by many to be at the forefront of developments in contemporary art in Sydney in the 1940s, Lymburner belonged to the Sydney Art Group. Francis's romantic paintings were often associated with the 'Sydney Charm School'. His works are represented in most National Collections. This atmospheric, figurative work was most likely exhibited at his successful solo David Jones Exhibition in 1950 (before his departure to London), alongside similar romantic Sydney beach and harbour scenes.