David aspden biography

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David Aspden (1935-2005), artist, came to Australia from England in 1950.
Born in northern England, David Aspden immigrated to Australia with his family in 1949 and settled in Woolongong in New South Wales.

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David Aspden

David Aspden (1935-2005), artist, came to Australia from England in 1950. After working for twelve years as a painter and signwriter in Port Kembla, he moved to Sydney, where he had his first solo exhibition at Watters Gallery in 1965. With two more solo shows soon after, Aspden found himself in the vanguard of Australia's formal colour abstractionists; two of his works were included in the seminal National Gallery of Victoria exhibition The field in 1968. The command of colour that the self-taught artist refined in the 1960s became the hallmark of his painting over the ensuing decades. As early as 1970 he was described as 'Australia's leading colour-painter' and in 1971 he was awarded a gold medal at the Sao Paulo biennale. Over time, the hard edges of his interlocking colour blocks softened under the increasing influence of landscape, nature and music. He exhibited in sixteen Wynne prizes between 1977 and 1998, winning in 1995. He is represented the National Gallery, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Queensland Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of New South Wales

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

David Aspden was an Australian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1935.

How much does a David Aspden cost?

David Aspden's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 95 USD to 30,595 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is David Aspden's most expensive painting?

Since 2000 the record price for this artist at auction is 30,595 USD for Fishing the Hawkesbury, sold at Bay East Auctions in 2010. In the past 12 months, their artworks have averaged 1,823 USD.

Where can I see David Aspden's works?

Numerous key galleries and museums such as Bundanon have featured David Aspden's work in the past.

David Aspden in the news

David Aspden has been featured in articles for Artist Profile and Sydney Morning Herald. The most recent article is Wilder Times: Arthur Boyd and the Mid-1980s Landscape written for Artist Profile in September 2024. The artist died in 2005.

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That Seventies Feeling The Late ModernUntil March 9, 2020

The Art Gallery of WA is celebrating the 40th birthday of its main building. Full of surprises and rarely seen works, That Seventies Feeling…the Late Modern examines a transformative decade for Western Australia, the Gallery and the world at large. Including David Aspden.

David Aspden: The Field Revisited27 April - 26 August, 2018

In 1968 The National Gallery of Victoria opened its new building with The Field, a ground-breaking exhibition of abstract art by young Australian artists. To commemorate the 50th anniversary the exhibition is being re-created with many of the original paintings and sculptures, including David Aspden and Tony Coleing.

art of parts, AGNSWSeptember 17 - November 13, 2016

'Art of Parts' is an exhibition curated from the AGNSW collection, focusing on collages and assemblages including David Aspen, James Gleeson, Rosalie Gascoigne and Robert Klippel.

The Colour of Nature6 - 27 August, 2016

The Colour of Nature: a solo exhibition starring David Aspden

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