Percy Leason b. 25 February 1889

Also known as Percy Alexander Leason
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
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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Name
Percy Leason
Also known as Percy Alexander Leason
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher
Birth date
25 February 1889
Birth place
Kaniva, Vic.
Death date
11 September 1959
Death place
New York, USA
Active Period
  • 1920 - 1959
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
  • Melbourne, Vic.
  • New York, USA
Training
  • Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, Vic.
  • National Gallery School of Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English

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  • Campbell, Mary (child of)
  • Chapman, Isabel (spouse of)
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  • Frater, William (associate of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
  • Wheeler, Charles (associate of)
  • Wood Jones (Professor) (associate of)
  • Thomson, Donald (associate of)
  • Ford (Dr) (associate of)
  • Noorywanka, Jack (associate of)
  • Loycurrie, Stanley (associate of)
  • Hunt, Clara (associate of)
Related people
  • Crozier, Frank R. (associate of)
  • Meldrum, Max (associate of)
  • Dyson, Will (associate of)
  • Herbert, Harold (associate of)
  • Streeton, Arthur (associate of)
  • Young, Blamire (associate of)
Related works
  • Adam Cooper (creator of)
  • William Johnson (creator of)
  • Robert Johnson (creator of)
  • The butcher. [The country butcher] (creator of)
Related collections
  • LaTrobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Recognition - Percy Leason's Aboriginal Portraits (exhibited at)
  • Australian Aboriginal Art (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • The Last of the Victorian Aborigines (exhibited at)