Yosl Bergner 'Two Women 1942' minimalist to gaze upon it is

to gaze upon it is to remember one’s place in the world

Either side are figments of mortality: flowers destined to one day wilt and fruit

high society and Italian art

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limited in edition to 125

Yosl Bergner 'Two Women 1942' minimalist to gaze upon it isYosl Bergner is one of Australias most important artists. Born in Austria and raised in Poland, he and his family immigrated to Australia in 1937 to escape anti semitism. In Melbourne, Bergner attended the National Art School and befriended the Heide circle, who included Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker and John Perceval. It was alongside Noel Coulihan and Vic OConnor however, that Bergner made his indeminable mark. Self described as a social humanist,