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The deliberate mark making in Tirr’s abstract composition reflects the influence of Japanese woodblock prints, in which he became interested in the 1950s. His work plays with the possibilities of abstraction. Willy Tirr was born in Stettin, Germany in 1915. In 1938, after the rise of Nazism, he settled in England. During the Second World War he was interned in both England and Australia, before joining the army and working for the Intelligence Corps. Largely self-taught as an artist, he painted in a self-built studio adjoining his house. In 1957 Tirr exhibited with abstract painter Terry Frost at the Austin Hayes Gallery, York. He went on to teach at Leeds College of Art, becoming Head of Fine Art at Leeds Polytechnic in 1970. In 1984 he was Artist-in-Residence at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
London
Title
Acid Browns
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 173 x W 126 cm
Accession number
1987-415
Acquisition method
gift from the artist
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Willy Tirr
Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
108a Boundary Road, St John's Wood, London, Greater London NW8 0RH England
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