Leonard Brown Australia, 1949-.
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About Leonard Brown
Born in Brisbane in 1949 Leonard Brown studied at Central Technical College in Brisbane from 1965 to 1969. An abstract artist and teacher he has exhibited since 1986 in solo and group exhibitions in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. In 1975 he received a Special Projects Grant from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council and in the same year began a study and practice of Byzantine painting from which he developed his interest in painting icons. In 2010 he was the winner of the Blake Prize for religious art and in 2011 the Queensland University of Technology Art Museum presented Union with Reality: The Art of Leonard Brown a 30 year survey of his work. In the 1990s and 2000s he travelled extensively in Britain, Europe, the USA, Russia.
The earliest auction listing we have for Leonard Brown is in 1994 and in total 31 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 23 (74%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $6,136 for Dawn at Nauplion 2002 sold by Leonard Joel in March 2023. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Leonard Brown are held by the Queensland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Australia and a further six major public national galleries (see list below).
Leonard Brown is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 287
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 86
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
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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