Alun Leach-Jones b. 3 January 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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Name
Alun Leach-Jones
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • 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
Tags:
Printmaker
Abstract art
Colour field painting
Painter
Sculpture
screen print
Birth date
3 January 1937
Birth place
Maghull, Liverpool, England
Birth note
The family moved to North Wales when he was a baby
Death date
24 December 2017
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1963 -
Arrival
  • 1959
Residence
  • 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
Training
  • 1957 - 1959 Liverpool Academy, Liverpool, England, UK
  • 1960 - 1963 South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, SA
Cultural Heritage
  • Welsh
  • Scottish
Languages
  • Welsh

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Related collections
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • National Museum Wales Amgueddfa Cymru, Cardiff, Wales (Caerdydd, Cymru), UK (collected in)
  • Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, UK (collected in)
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London, UK (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • National Museum Wales Amgueddfa Cymru, Cardiff, Wales (Caerdydd, Cymru), UK (collected in)
  • Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, UK (collected in)
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (collected in)