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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associate of
Frank R. Crozier
1883
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Max Meldrum
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Will Dyson
1880
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Harold Herbert
1892
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Arthur Streeton
1867
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Blamire Young
1862
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Draughtsman)
parent of
Max Leason
Other occupation
child of
Mary Campbell
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spouse of
Isabel Chapman
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child of
James Leason
Other occupation
associate of
McInnes
Artist
associate of
William Frater
1890
Designer (Glass & metal Artist / Designer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Professor Wood Jones
Other occupation
associate of
Donald Thomson
Other occupation
associate of
Dr Ford
Other occupation
associate of
Jack Noorywanka
Other occupation
associate of
Stanley Loycurrie
Other occupation
associate of
Clara Hunt
Other occupation
associate of
Harry Julius
Other occupation
associate of
Jim Minogue
1890
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Stanley Parker
1909
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Cecil Humphrey Percival
1891
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Claire Scott
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
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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'.>]