Alun Leach-Jones b. 1937

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Alun Leach-Jones was one of the generation of artists who helped define Australian colourfield art in the 1960s. Hie first came to prominence exhibiting in The Field in 1968 with paintings of smooth intricate patterning, indicating a search for abstract transcendence. His ideas and his art easily transformed into silk screen prints and in his later years he also exhibited sculpture.
Tags: Printmaker, Abstract art, Colour field painting, Painter, Sculpture, screen print
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Residences
  • c.1937 - c.1957 North Wales, UK
  • c.1957 - 1959 Liverpool, UK
  • 1960 - 1963 Adelaide, South Australia
  • 1964 - 1965 UK
  • 1966 - 1977 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1977 - 2017 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1937 - c.1957 North Wales, UK
  • c.1957 - 1959 Liverpool, UK
  • 1960 - 1963 Adelaide, South Australia
  • 1964 - 1965 Europe
  • 1966 - 1977 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1977 - Sydney, NSW
Other occupations
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 810) 1969 - 1970 Prahran College of Fine Arts, Melbourne, VIC
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 810) 1971 - 1976 Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 810) c.1978 - 1997 College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 810) 1967 - 1970 Prahran College of Fine Arts, Melbourne, VIC
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 810) 1971 - 1976 Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 810) c.1978 - 1997 College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Tags
  • Printmaker
  • Abstract art
  • Colour field painting
  • Painter
  • Sculpture
  • screen print
  • Printmaker
  • Abstract art
  • Colour field painting
  • Painter
  • Sculpture
Languages
  • Welsh
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