Ann Thomson

Ann Thomson (born 1933) is an Australian painter and sculptor known for her large-scale public commissions, including Ebb Tide and Australia Felix. She won the Wynne Prize in 1998 and her work is held in national and international collections. Thomson studied at the East Sydney Technical College and was taught by notable artists. She sold her first painting in 1965 and had a solo exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art in 1977. Thomson's work combines abstraction and figuration, with inspiration from the landscape. She continues to exhibit and was honoured with a Fellowship by the National Art School in 2015.