Ray W Thorburn
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1937, d.2023
Modular 3, Series 2
- 1970
- Acrylic on board
- Purchased 1970
- 685 x 685 x 50mm
- 70/07
Tags: abstraction, checker pattern
About the artist
Ray Thorburn was born in Wellington in 1937 and studied at the University of Auckland and at Ohio State University where he obtained his PhD. He has taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art as well as at various teaching institutions in New Zealand, and was director of Waikato Museum. He has won numerous awards and scholarships including the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship and the Prime Minister’s Commemorative Medal for services to education.