Guy Warren obituary

Australian painter whose works married landscape and figurative styles, and drew heavily on his time in New GuineaAt a dinner party in 1985, the Australian artist Guy Warren, who has died aged 103, was asked by a fellow guest whether he had ever entered his work for the Archibald prize, Australia’s premier portrait award. “Oh God no,” he replied. “Nobody goes in for that. The trustees wouldn’t know a good painting if it fell on them.”His friend and host, the s