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Lesley Dumbrell b. 1941

  • Artist (Painter)
Throughout her sustained career Lesley Dumbrell’s painting has been characterised by precise, geometric abstraction. In 1974, at a time when women artists found it difficult to be taken seriously, she was a participant in the ground breaking exhibiiton, A Room of One’s Own, and also founded the Women’s Arr Register.
Tags: Abstract art, Feminism, geometric abstraction, Colour field painting
  • Biographical Data b. 1941 Melbourne, Vic.
  • Biography 1 biography
  • Associates 9 people
  • Groups 1 group
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  • Exhibitions 4 exhibitions
  • Collections 6 collections
  • Recognitions 1 recognition
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  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic.
    Description

    The VCA Art Collection spans the entire history of the College and its predecessor, the National Gallery School of Art (first opened in 1867).

    Comprising painting, sculpture, photography and works on paper, most works are by students, staff or alumni.

    DAAO has a separate entry for The Margaret Lawrence Australian Ceramics Collection. It was bequeathed to the VCA Collection in 2004.

    Website
    http://www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/collections/visualarts.html#vca
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
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    Website
    http://cs.nga.gov.au/Default.cfm
  • National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
    Website
    http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Description

    The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
    It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

    Website
    https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
  • QAGOMA, Southbank, QLD
    Description

    After the Queensland Art Gallery (established in 1895 but in its current premises since 1982) expanded its modern collection and exhibitions into a new building, the Gallery of Modern Art, in 2006, the institution renamed itself as Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, or QAGOMA.

    Website
    https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW
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Updated Oct. 8, 2022
Created Aug. 22, 2011
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