It is with great sadness that we report the sudden death of artist Bronwyn Oliver. Her gallery, Roslyn Oxley 9, has announced the news on its website. A statement posted by the gallery earlier today says in part:
“Bronwyn was single-minded in her approach to her art. She worked with an unwavering sense of discipline and commitment. She blinkered herself from the intrigues of the art world, working largely in isolation and on her own terms. There was an extraordinary refinement to her work. She combined an obsessive drive with a highly refined technical ability to produce intensely articulated works of great ease and beauty that engaged with timeless forms of geometry and the natural world. Bronwyn’s work thrills peoples’ hearts and minds.
“Bronwyn showed with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery from the beginning of her exhibiting life. She was a very important part of the gallery. We will miss her terribly.”
Reports inidcate the artist took her own life. All here at The Art Life send our deepest condolences to Oliver’s family, her many friends and gallery associates.
Update: The funeral ceremony for Bronwyn Oliver will be held in the South Chapel at Eastern Suburbs Crematorium, 12 Military Road, Matraville on Tuesday July 18 at 2.15pm. Two obituaries have appeared, one by Sebastian Smee in The Australian on Friday, the other by Sunanda Creagh in The Sydney Morning Herald Monday July 1.
Memorial Service at University of NSW College of Fine Arts. Joanna Mendelssohn writes: “Because Bronwyn Oliver’s funeral service is in a chapel that can’t hold many people, Huon Hooke has asked for family and close friends only. COFA will host a memorial ceremony in EGO2 at 4 pm. This will include a visual journey as well as memories of Bronwyn as a student, teacher, artist and person. All are welcome.”
