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1889 Kaniva, Australia - 1959 Staten Island, New York. Known for: Book illustration, cartoons, portrait painting.
The following was submitted by Max A. Leason, son of the artist. Percy Leason was born in the remote wheat farm district of Kaniva, Victoria, Australia in 1889. His father was the proprietor of a... Read full biography
The following was submitted by Max A. Leason, son of the artist. Percy Leason was born in the remote wheat farm district of Kaniva, Victoria, Australia in 1889. His father was the proprietor of a saddlery shop, and his parents had expected he would carry on the family tradition of wheat farming or... Read full biography
The following was submitted by Max A. Leason, son of the artist. Percy Leason was born in the remote wheat farm district of Kaniva, Victoria, Australia in 1889. His father was the proprietor of a saddlery shop, and his parents had expected he would carry on the family tradition of wheat farming or saddlery making. But in his adolescent years he demonstrated an early interest in drawing. He was reported to have built a studio in his back yard out of a piano case and odd bits of lumber where he... Read full biography
The following was submitted by Max A. Leason, son of the artist. Percy Leason was born in the remote wheat farm district of Kaniva, Victoria, Australia in 1889. His father was the proprietor of a saddlery shop, and his parents had expected he would carry on the family tradition of wheat farming or saddlery making. But in his adolescent years he demonstrated an early interest in drawing. He was reported to have built a studio in his back yard out of a piano case and odd bits of lumber where he spent time on his art activities. He painted landscapes, still life, studies, and portraits of himself and his mother. His first encouragement came when he won first prize in painting at a State Fair in 1904. In his late grammar school years he... Read full biography
The following was submitted by Max A. Leason, son of the artist. Percy Leason was born in the remote wheat farm district of Kaniva, Victoria, Australia in 1889. His father was the proprietor of a saddlery shop, and his parents had expected he would carry on the family tradition of wheat farming or saddlery making. But in his adolescent years he demonstrated an early interest in drawing. He was reported to have built a studio in his back yard out of a piano case and odd bits of lumber where he spent time on his art activities. He painted landscapes, still life, studies, and portraits of himself and his mother. His first encouragement came when he won first prize in painting at a State Fair in 1904. In his late grammar school years he attended an art school in the neighboring town of Nhill. Working odd jobs and doing sign painting in his country town seemed remote from his d... Read full biography
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Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Magazine Illustration
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Australia and/or New Zealand
Art Association
- •Allied Artists of America-
- •American Artists Professional League
- •Audubon Society of Artists-
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Society of Illustrators-
Awards/Recognition
- •Emily Lowe Memorial Award, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Commercial Art and Design
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Allied Artists of America
- •American Artists Professional League-
- •Audubon Society of Artists
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-