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Name	Ian Lee Burn
Born	29 December, 1939 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Died	29 September, 1993 (aged 53) Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	drowned
Related Entries	[View as tree] Williams, Frederick Ronald (employer) Nolan, Sidney Robert (influence)
Education *	Geelong College (Vic) (student, 1944-1955) National Gallery art school (Melbourne) (student, 1961-1962)
Occupation or Descriptor *	painter (1962-1964) Victoria, Australia conceptual artist (1965-1977) Overseas academic (1977-1980) New South Wales, Australia art historian (1977-1993) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1979-1993) New South Wales, Australia landscape artist (1980-1993) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1981-1993) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	National Gallery of Victoria Society drawing prize (award, 1962)
Key Organisations *	Society for Theoretical Art and Analyses (founder, 1969-1969)
Workplaces *	Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education (Sydney) (academic) University of Sydney (art) (academic)

* Dates are approximate