11 Facts About Elwyn Lynn

Elwyn Lynn was an Australian artist, author, art critic and curator.

Elwyn Lynn trained as a teacher, and was a schoolmaster in Sydney Secondary schools until 1968.

Elwyn Lynn was an art critic at The Australian for many years.

Elwyn Lynn was author of several books, including one about the artist Sir Sidney Nolan.

Alongside his career as a painter, which started in the mid-1940s, Elwyn Lynn was an outspoken commentator on the visual arts.

Elwyn Lynn worked as a critic for a number of newspapers, including the Sunday Mirror, The Bulletin, Nation, The Australian and The Weekend Australian.

Elwyn Lynn was awarded Membership of the Order of Australia in 1975.

Elwyn Lynn won the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW in 1988.

Elwyn Lynn's work was striking, with the use of unconventional painting media and expressive surfaces to construct metaphors for human suffering and endurance.

Elwyn Lynn participated in over 150 group exhibitions in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Brazil, Indonesia, Poland and Germany.

Elwyn Lynn had over 50 solo exhibitions in Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Cologne.