Percy Leason b. 25 February 1889

Also known as Percy Alexander Leason
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Percy Leason is best known as a black and white illustrator but his portraits of Aboriginal subjects completed 1929-1934 make an important contribution to the history of Aboriginal representations.
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exhibited at
Recognition - Percy Leason's Aboriginal Portraits
Date
2000
Place
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://portrait.gov.au/exhibit/recog/index.htm
exhibited at
The Last of the Victorian Aborigines
Date
September 1934
Place
Athaneum Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
August 1929
Place
Fine Art Society Galleries, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Aboriginal Art
Date
July 1929
Place
National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Produced cover design for the catalogue

Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: (September 1934), 'The Last of the Victorian Aborigines', Melbourne, Vic., Issued in Connection with an Exhibition at the Athaneum Gallery, Collins Street Melbourne September 1934).>, <ExternalResource: Blake, L. J. (November 1968), 'Percy Leason: Artist, cartoonist and Historian', Victorian Historical Magazine, Vol 39, No. 4, pp.158-180, Address given to the Victorian Historical Society, 27 August 1968. Reprinted as above.>, <ExternalResource: (13 July 1929), 'Letter to the editor', Melbourne, Vic. : Herald, ALSO: 1934-09-10, p.8; 1934-09-11.>, <ExternalResource: 'see bibliography'.>, <ExternalResource: 'MS8636 Percy Leason papers', LaTrobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Burn, I. (1990), 'National Life and Landscape: Australasian Painting 1900-1940', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Downer, Christine, 'A Prophecy Unfulfilled: The Last of the Victorian Aborigines by Percy Leason', Koori History, pp.39-40.>, <ExternalResource: Kleinert, S. (1999), 'On the Identity Politics of the 1929 Exhibition of Primitive Art in Melbourne', Signatures, Vol 5, no 3.>, <ExternalResource: (2000), 'Recognition: Percy Leason's Aboriginal Portraits', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT.>] [<ExternalResource: (September 1934), 'The Last of the Victorian Aborigines', Melbourne, Vic., Issued in Connection with an Exhibition at the Athaneum Gallery, Collins Street Melbourne September 1934).>, <ExternalResource: Blake, L. J. (November 1968), 'Percy Leason: Artist, cartoonist and Historian', Victorian Historical Magazine, Vol 39, No. 4, pp.158-180, Address given to the Victorian Historical Society, 27 August 1968. Reprinted as above.>, <ExternalResource: (13 July 1929), 'Letter to the editor', Melbourne, Vic. : Herald, ALSO: 1934-09-10, p.8; 1934-09-11.>, <ExternalResource: 'see bibliography'.>]