Dick Van Leer

  • Designer
Van Leer, one of the principals of Artes Studio, Sydney, established a contemporary furniture showroom in the 1950s and held a license to import Knoll and selected European furniture. His home in Castlecrag is featured in Steven Kalmar's "You and Your Home", 1964.

Citations

  • Steven Kalmar (1 January 1964), '“House on the Hillside. Dick van Leer.”’.

  • Babette Hayes (1 January 2009), 'The Role Australian Home Magazines Have Played in Colour and Design Education’.

    http://www.babettehayes.com.au/pdf/11th%20Congress%20of%20the%20ICA.pdf

  • Paul Donnelly. “Production Notes” George Korody & Artes Studio

    http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=421516

  • Anne Watson, 'Artes Studios: pioneering good design’, Furniture History Society Newsletter, Feb 2001

  • Dick van Leer. The Incredible Life of Dick van Leer. publ by D. van Leer, 2010 [narrates joining Artes]

  • Jerome Maver, “Design for Happiness. George Korody and Artes Studios” in in Rebecca Hawcroft, ed. The Other Moderns, UNSW Press, 2017 , pp.122-144 [illust.]

  • Robert Bell, Nordic Wave, a Study of the Reception and Influence of Scandinavian Design In Australia, ANU PhD thesis, 2007 (career summary)