Lloyd Rees b. 17 March 1895

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Lloyd Rees began his career as an architectural draughtsman, and established his reputation as an artist with detailed pen and pencil drawings of around Sydney. An accomplished landscape painter for over five decades, failing eyesight led Lloyd Rees to create semi-abstract impressions from memory towards the end of his career. Rees is represented in most of the major national and state gallery collections.
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Name
Lloyd Rees
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102)
Birth date
17 March 1895
Birth place
Yeronga, QLD, Australia
Death date
2 December 1988
Death place
Hobart, Tas.
Active Period
  • c.1910 - c.1988
Residence
  • c.1986 - c.1988 Tasmania
  • c.1917 - c.1986 Sydney, NSW
  • 1895 - 1917 Brisbane, Qld
Training
  • 1910- Brisbane Technical College, Brisbane, Qld
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • National Gallery of Australia

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  • Lloyd Rees, Brett Whiteley: the road to Berry (exhibited at)
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  • Lloyd Rees retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees, the printed works (exhibited at)
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  • Lloyd Rees: the Tasmanian suite (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees as printmaker (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees drawings: centenary retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Cathedrals of France (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees: some Tasmanian works (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees: coming home (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees (exhibited at)
  • A tribute to Lloyd Rees (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees: late drawings and lithographs (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees graphics (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees: a survey exhibition 1918-1980 (exhibited at)
  • On the road to Berry: Lloyd Rees and Brett Whiteley (exhibited at)
  • Affinities: Brett Whiteley & Lloyd Rees (exhibited at)
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees: Life and Light (exhibited at)