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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Primary medium: OIL ON CANVAS
James Timothy Gleeson was one of
Australia's foremost artists. He was also a poet,
critic, writer and curator. He played a significant role
in the Australian art scene, including serving on the
board of the National Gallery of Australia. Gleeson
presented the art world with a completely new kind of
image.
He studied at
East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art
School), from 1934 to 1936, and then at the Sydney
Teachers' College for the following two years, where he
would later return as a lecturer.
He was appointed
to various positions, including the Commonwealth Art
Advisory Board, the Australia Council and, most
importantly, the National Gallery of Australia (NGA),
where he was chairman of the acquisitions committee in
1973.
Those who knew
him described him as gentle, occasionally melancholic,
but always warm. He was perhaps the most widely read of
Australian artists, and in his passing he leaves a void
of considerable knowledge, experience and passion for
Australian art.
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