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Jack Bush
Canadian, 1909-1977

Jack Bush Canadian, 1909-1977

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  • Jack Bush occupies a central position in the history of postwar Canadian abstraction. Although his early artistic formation included study...

    Jack Bush occupies a central position in the history of postwar Canadian abstraction. Although his early artistic formation included study with J.E.H. MacDonald of the Group of Seven, Bush ultimately moved beyond the conventions of landscape painting, pursuing an increasingly autonomous visual language grounded in colour, scale, and formal clarity.  As a member of Painters Eleven, he contributed to the emergence of abstract painting in Canada while engaging with the innovations of American Abstract Expressionism. The encouragement of critic Clement Greenberg proved especially significant, prompting Bush to simplify his compositions and intensify his attention to the expressive capacity of colour.

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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jack Bush, Low Spread, 1974
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jack Bush, Low Spread, 1974
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jack Bush, Low Spread, 1974
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jack Bush, Low Spread, 1974
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jack Bush, Low Spread, 1974
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jack Bush, Low Spread, 1974

    Jack Bush Canadian, 1909-1977

    Low Spread, 1974
    Screenprint on paper
    25 1/2 x 34 1/4 in.
    64.8 x 87 cm.
    Edition of 100
    Signed and numbered lower left
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    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Jack Bush, Greep Loop, 1971
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Jack Bush, Greep Loop, 1971
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Jack Bush, Greep Loop, 1971
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Jack Bush, Greep Loop, 1971
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Jack Bush, Greep Loop, 1971
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    Related artworks
    • Jack Bush, Centre 3, 1968
      Jack Bush, Centre 3, 1968
    • Jack Bush, Friday Morning, 1968
      Jack Bush, Friday Morning, 1968
    • Jack Bush, Untitled, 1962
      Jack Bush, Untitled, 1962
    • Jack Bush, Brown, Red, Green, 1965
      Jack Bush, Brown, Red, Green, 1965
    • Jack Bush, Nice Pink, 1965
      Jack Bush, Nice Pink, 1965
    • Jack Bush, Red M, 1971
      Jack Bush, Red M, 1971
  • Exhibitions
    • Ten Variations on a Theme

      Ten Variations on a Theme

      Group Exhibition 5 Jun - 31 Jul 2025
      Rukaj Gallery is pleased to present Ten Paintings - an exhibition focusing on large-scale work. The emergence of Abstract Expressionism in the late 1940s marked a turning point in the...
    • The Picture Plane

      The Picture Plane

      Kenneth Noland, Robert Mangold, Jo Baer & Roy Kiyooka 6 - 27 Feb 2025
      Rukaj Gallery is pleased to present Less | Minimalist Aesthetics, a survey of painting and drawing circa 1960-70 that investigate minimalist forms and composition. The show includes works by Ken Noland, Robert Mangold, Burgoyne Diller, Géneviéve Claisse and Roy Kiyooka.

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