John Henry Olsen AO OBE (1928 - 2023) was an

Australian artist and winner of the 2005 Archibald

Prize. Olsen's primary subject of work was landscape.

Olsen's feeling for the Australian environment was

demonstrated in his landscapes which were teeming

with life, with irregular squiggles and dots imposed

on loosely brushed and stained expanses of colour.

In 1977 he was awarded the O.B.E. for services to the

Arts and in 1993 he was awarded an Australian

Creative Fellowship. He was also awarded the Wynne

Prize in 1969 and 1985 and the Archibald Prize in

2005 among many other awards throughout his

career.