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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  • 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)
  • University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (collected in)
  • MOMA, Machynlleth, Wales (collected in)
  • National Visual Arts Gallery of Malaysia (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Federation University Art Collection, Ballarat, Vic. (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)
  • British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London, UK (collected in)
  • University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (collected in)
  • MOMA, Machynlleth, Wales (collected in)
  • National Visual Arts Gallery of Malaysia (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)