Sam AtyeoSam AtyeoSamuel Laurence Atyeo (6 January 1910 – 26 May 1990) was an Australian painter, designer and diplomat. Atyeo was active in Melbourne's modernist movement in the 1930s and was associated with the Heide circle. He later had a diplomatic career working under H. V. Evatt and was noted for his unconventional approach to the work. He gave up both artistic and diplomatic work in the 1950s and spent the rest of his life farming in France with occasional returns to painting. Atyeo's art and design work made a considerable contribution to modernism in Australia and his painting "Organised Line to Yellow" is considered Australia's first abstract paintingSamuel Laurence Atyeo (Brunswick, 6 de enero de 1910-Vence, 26 de mayo de 1990) fue un pintor, diseñador y diplomático australiano. Participó activamente en el movimiento modernista de Melbourne en la década de 1930 y se asoció con el Círculo de Heide. Más tarde tuvo una carrera diplomática trabajando con H. V. Evatt y se destacó por su enfoque poco convencional del trabajo. Abandonó tanto el trabajo artístico como el diplomático en la década de 1950 y pasó el resto de su vida cultivando en Francia con regresos ocasionales a la pintura.Sam AtyeoSam Atyeo1990-05-261910-01-067061423211236745111910-01-06Samuel Lawrence AtyeoAtyeo at Yosemite National Park in 19451990-05-26Australian"Organised Line to Yellow"diplomatdesignerArtistAnne LecoultreSamuel Laurence Atyeo (Brunswick, 6 de enero de 1910-Vence, 26 de mayo de 1990) fue un pintor, diseñador y diplomático australiano. Participó activamente en el movimiento modernista de Melbourne en la década de 1930 y se asoció con el Círculo de Heide. Más tarde tuvo una carrera diplomática trabajando con H. V. Evatt y se destacó por su enfoque poco convencional del trabajo. Abandonó tanto el trabajo artístico como el diplomático en la década de 1950 y pasó el resto de su vida cultivando en Francia con regresos ocasionales a la pintura. El trabajo de arte y diseño de Atyeo hizo una contribución considerable al modernismo en Australia y su pintura «Línea organizada al amarillo» se considera la primera pintura abstracta de Australia.Samuel Laurence Atyeo (6 January 1910 – 26 May 1990) was an Australian painter, designer and diplomat. Atyeo was active in Melbourne's modernist movement in the 1930s and was associated with the Heide circle. He later had a diplomatic career working under H. V. Evatt and was noted for his unconventional approach to the work. He gave up both artistic and diplomatic work in the 1950s and spent the rest of his life farming in France with occasional returns to painting. Atyeo's art and design work made a considerable contribution to modernism in Australia and his painting "Organised Line to Yellow" is considered Australia's first abstract painting17911Samuel Lawrence Atyeo19101990