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John Vickery (artist)

John Vickery
Born 1906
Bunyip, Victoria, Australia
Died 1983
Califon, New Jersey, United States
Nationality Australian
Alma mater National Gallery of Victoria Art School
Known for Painting
Illustration
Advertising design

John Vickery (1906-1983) was an Australian artist. He worked in the fields of painting, illustration and advertising. He is the only Australian artist to have been a part of the New York School.

Vickery was born in Bunyip, Victoria in Australia in 1906. He relocated to New York, New York in the United States in 1936. He was colleagues with Philip Guston, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, and Willem de Kooning.

He died in Califon, New Jersey in 1983.


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