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John Olsen

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John Olsen is one of Australian most acclaimed and appreciated artists of the 21st century. Through his humility and attachment to the environment, Olsen paves a space between emotion and habitats like no other. Not only did Olsen win the Wynne Prize in 1969 and 1985, the Sulman Prize in 1989 and the Archibald Prize in 2005, among many other awards throughout his long career, he was also awarded an Order of the British Empire in 1977 and an Order of Australia in 2001.
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John Olsen is one of Australian most acclaimed and appreciated artists of the 21st century.
Through his humility and attachment to the environment, Olsen paves a space between emotion and habitats like no other.
Not only did Olsen win the Wynne Prize in 1969 and 1985, the Sulman Prize in 1989 and the Archibald Prize in 2005, among many other awards throughout his long career, he was also awarded an Order of the British Empire in 1977 and an Order of Australia in 2001.

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