Roy De Maistre | |
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| Born | Leroy Livingstone de Mestre 27 March 1894 |
| Died | 1 March 1968 (aged 73) |
| Other names | LeRoy Leveson Laurent Joseph de Maistre, Roi de Mestre, LeRoi Levistan de Mestre |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Abstraction, Cubism |
| Awards | Order of the British Empire (1962) |
Roy De Maistre CBE (27 March 1894 – 1 March 1968) was an Australian artist of international fame. He is renowned in Australian art for his early experimentation with "colour-music", and is recognised as the first Australian artist to use pure abstraction. His later works were painted in a figurative style generally influenced by Cubism. His Stations of the Cross series hangs in Westminster Cathedral and works of his are hung in the Tate Gallery, London and in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.