Les Blakebrough b. c.1930

  • Designer (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Renowned ceramicist and ceramics educator based in Tasmania.
Tags: Porcelain, Ceramics, Southern Ice porcelain
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exhibited at
Clay Dynasty
Date
11 October 2021 - 29 January 2022
Place
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of three generations of studio ceramics in Australia, from the 1960s when potters were influenced by Bernard Leach’s understanding of Japanese aesthetics, to a more liberated creative approach.
It was drawn in its entirety from the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.

Tags
ceramcis, studio potters
Website
https://www.maas.museum/event/clay-dynasty/
exhibited at
Smart works, design and the handmade
Date
2007
Place
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Les Blakebrough: a retrospective
Date
1989
Place
Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, TAS
Description

Art Exhibition Committee, Tasmanian School of Art. Funded by Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council. The Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board and the University of Tasmania. This retrospective exhibition spans three decades of Les Blakebrough’s work.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Exhibition catalogue.

Exhibition Catalogue:
Les Blakebrough: a retrospective. Hobart, Tasmania: Centre for the Arts Gallery, 1988.
ISBN 0858013995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Ceramics

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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '98/135/1 Covered jar, 'Sphere', porcelain, with triassic sandstone and wood ash glaze, and triassic sandstone rock trail, made by Les Blakebrough, Hobart, Australia, 1986', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Diamond ship-form' by Les Blakebrough', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Diamond platter' by Les Blakebrough', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '93/356/1 Covered jar, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1963-1969', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '93/356/2 Plate, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1967', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/187/1 Dinner setting, plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/187/2 Table setting, side plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Holmes, Jonathan (2007) 'Les Blakebrough’, D*hub, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney>, <ExternalResource: Andrew Darby, Les Blakebrough obituary, 13 December 2022>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '98/135/1 Covered jar, 'Sphere', porcelain, with triassic sandstone and wood ash glaze, and triassic sandstone rock trail, made by Les Blakebrough, Hobart, Australia, 1986', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Diamond ship-form' by Les Blakebrough', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Diamond platter' by Les Blakebrough', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '93/356/1 Covered jar, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1963-1969', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '93/356/2 Plate, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1967', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/187/1 Dinner setting, plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/187/2 Table setting, side plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Holmes, Jonathan (2007) 'Les Blakebrough’, D*hub, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney>]