Frederick Lewis (Lewis) Morley Britain, Australia, 1925-2013
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About Lewis Morley
Lewis Morley was born in Hong Kong in 1925. On returning from his first visit to Australia in 1940, he was placed in the Stanley Internment Camp for the duration of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. After the war, the family was repatriated to London. He studied three years at Twickenham Art School, then moved to Paris in 1952, studying life drawing at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. In the late 1950s, photography became his favoured medium and he worked as a photo-journalist with The Tatler. He became known for his front-of-house images for West End productions and in 1961 opened his on studios in London. In the 1960s he migrated to Australia with his wife and son, where he continued working until his retirement in 1987. In 1989, the National Portrait Gallery in London created an exhibition Lewis Morley: Photographer of the Sixties, which toured Britain, and a retrospective of his work was shown at the State Library of NSW in 1993. In 2006 a major retrospective of his work was shown at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Lewis Morley is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1990 of 461, of which 370 (80%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $33,600 for Christine Keeler, at Morley's London Studio sold by Deutscher and Hackett in May 2015. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Lewis Morley are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Portrait Gallery and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Lewis Morley is not listed in any of the standard biographical references listed on our references page.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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