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1928 - 2017. Known for: Painting and sculpture.
Leonard French, (1928 - 2017), . The following excerpts are from Arnold, M., ‘‘The Bridge’, by Leonard French, Melbourne’, reproduced at https:// www.brenthurst.org.za/the-bridge/ ‘. By the time he... Read full biography
Leonard French, (1928 - 2017), . The following excerpts are from Arnold, M., ‘‘The Bridge’, by Leonard French, Melbourne’, reproduced at https:// www.brenthurst.org.za/the-bridge/ ‘. By the time he received the commission from Harry Frederick Oppenheimer for The Brenthurst Library, South Africa... Read full biography
Leonard French, (1928 - 2017), . The following excerpts are from Arnold, M., ‘‘The Bridge’, by Leonard French, Melbourne’, reproduced at https:// www.brenthurst.org.za/the-bridge/ ‘. By the time he received the commission from Harry Frederick Oppenheimer for The Brenthurst Library, South Africa [for which the present work is the study], French had established a distinctive relationship between form and content, favouring a stylised schema of representation married to themes where opposing... Read full biography
Leonard French, (1928 - 2017), . The following excerpts are from Arnold, M., ‘‘The Bridge’, by Leonard French, Melbourne’, reproduced at https:// www.brenthurst.org.za/the-bridge/ ‘. By the time he received the commission from Harry Frederick Oppenheimer for The Brenthurst Library, South Africa [for which the present work is the study], French had established a distinctive relationship between form and content, favouring a stylised schema of representation married to themes where opposing forces were distributed in conceptual and visual tension. Leonard French visited South Africa in 1982. The Bridge was generated by his travels and observations at a time when attempts were being made to restructure rather than dismantle the apartheid... Read full biography
Leonard French, (1928 - 2017), . The following excerpts are from Arnold, M., ‘‘The Bridge’, by Leonard French, Melbourne’, reproduced at https:// www.brenthurst.org.za/the-bridge/ ‘. By the time he received the commission from Harry Frederick Oppenheimer for The Brenthurst Library, South Africa [for which the present work is the study], French had established a distinctive relationship between form and content, favouring a stylised schema of representation married to themes where opposing forces were distributed in conceptual and visual tension. Leonard French visited South Africa in 1982. The Bridge was generated by his travels and observations at a time when attempts were being made to restructure rather than dismantle the apartheid artifice. French travelled widely throughout South Africa but The Bridge is not based on a particular place or event and... Read full biography
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Leonard French, (1928 - 2017),
The following excerpts are from Arnold, M., ‘‘The Bridge’, by Leonard French, Melbourne’, reproduced at https:// www.brenthurst.org.za/the-bridge/ ‘
By the time he received the commission from Harry Frederick Oppenheimer for The Brenthurst Library, South Africa [for which the present work is the study], French had established a distinctive relationship between form and content, favouring a stylised schema of representation married to themes where opposing forces were distributed in conceptual and visual tension.
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