Mary Webb, who worked in Sydney and London in the 1940s in a figurative expressionist mode, travelled to Europe in 1949 and subsequently became a significant Australian abstractionist and collagist in Paris in the 1950s. Joie de vivre was shown at Webb's solo exhibition at Galerie R Creuze in Paris, and was rediscovered after over four decades of storage in Paris. With its arresting sense of movement, pastel hues, and soft-edged cloud-like forms, Joie de Vivre represents the artist's most significant painterly achievement, and a singular contribution to Australian abstraction.

Poster size print
Paper size: H70 x W100 cm
Image size: H62 x W83 cm
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Mary Webb (Australia/France 1901-58) Joie de vivre 1958 Oil on canvas, 130 x 96.8cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased 2011 © Estate of Mary Webb Poster © Art Gallery of New South Wales