Lesley Dumbrell b. 1941

  • Artist (Painter)
Throughout her sustained career Lesley Dumbrell’s painting has been characterised by precise, geometric abstraction. In 1974, at a time when women artists found it difficult to be taken seriously, she was a participant in the ground breaking exhibiiton, A Room of One’s Own, and also founded the Women’s Arr Register.
Tags: Abstract art, Feminism, geometric abstraction, Colour field painting
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Related collections
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • QAGOMA, Southbank, QLD (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • QAGOMA, Southbank, QLD (collected in)