Leonard French b. 1928

  • Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
Tags: Enamel
exhibited at
Revamp: 50s, 60s & 70s Revisited: Celebrating FEDUNI'S Ballarat Art Schools
Date
25 November 2017 - 27 January 2018
Place
Post Office Gallery, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Description

REVAMP: 50s, 60s & 70s REVISITED: CELEBRATING FEDUNI’S BALLARAT ART SCHOOLS
The oldest continuous art school in Australia, from its beginnings as the School of Mines, Ballarat (SMB) and the establishment of the Ballarat Technical Art School in 1907, Federation University Australia (FedUni)’s Arts Academy endures despite many organisational, social and political changes.

Acknowledging the extraordinary achievements of FedUni’s Visual Arts alumni who studied at one of our former Ballarat Art Schools, REVAMP is a special opportunity to celebrate 48 visual artists who graduated during the period 1955 to 1979, some of whom have gained national and international recognition.

BARNETT, BLIZZARD, Dennis BRYANS, BUNN, CIMERA, COLLIER,
COLLINS, CRAWLEY, John CRUMP, CUMMIN, DENNIS, DRENDEL, DREW, DUNKLEY-SMITH, FELSTEAD,
Noel FLOOD,
FRENCH,HABY, Ray HEARN, HEIGHWAY, HOFMAIER, JOHNSTON, LANCASTER, LEISHMAN, MCLEOD, MCCRISTAL, MICICH, MILES, MURPHY, MURRAY, Jeffery MURRELL, NICHOLS, O’SULLIVAN, PANKE, PARKINSON, Peter PILVEN, QUICK, RESTARICK, ROSS, SANDERS, Barry SINGLETON, STICKLAND, TAGLIABUE, TULLOCH, WALLIS, WATTS, WOODMANSEY, XERSA.

Tags
FedUni, Federation University, Ballarat School of Mines,
exhibited at
Arthur Boyd: family and friends
Date
1997
Place
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
Description

Toured by the Bundanon Trust. This exhibition spanned 60 years of Arthur Boyd’s career – from his first oil painting in 1933, spanning 4 generations of the Boyd family, the 81 works in this exhibition also included work by the friends of Arthur and Yvonne Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Joy Hester, Charles Blackman, Leonard French, Brett Whiteley, John Perceval and John Olsen.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
BFAG annual report; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Chaulker, David (ed), Arthur Boyd: family and friends. West Cambewarra, NSW: Bundanon Trust, 1997.
ISBN 064634353X

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Group, Painting
exhibited at
Leonard French: Paintings 1987 – 1993
Date
1993 - 1994
Place
Sydney
Description

Also exhibited in Melbourne

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Leonard French: the raft paintings
Date
1974
Place
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Ian Potter University of Melbourne exhibition archive; UTAS catalogue

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting, Printmaking, Glass
exhibited at
The Raft
Date
1971
Place
Rudy Koman Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
First Retrospective
Date
1970
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Samos Miniatures
Date
1965
Place
Melbourne
Description

Also exhibited in Perth and Adelaide.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Recent Australian Painting
Date
June 1961 - July 1961
Place
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Campion Series
Date
1961
Place
Melbourne
Description

Also exhibited in Sydney.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Solo Exhibition
Date
1958
Place
Melbourne Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Herald outdoor art show 1953
Date
12 December 1953 - 20 December 1953
Place
Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Description

Originally scheduled for 8-13 December 1953 but delayed by summer storms.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Melbourne Painters’ Exhibition
Date
1953
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

This exhibition presented the work of eight contemporary Melbourne painters.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Solo Exhibition
Date
1949
Place
Tye's Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
Type
Exhibition