Les Blakebrough Britain, Australia, 1930-2022
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About Les Blakebrough
Born in England in 1930, Les Blakebrough arrived in Australia in 1948. Mainly a ceramic artist, he studied at East Sydney Technical College, and worked with potteries in Australia and Japan in the 1950s and 1960s. In the early 1970s he became a member of the Crafts Board. He was also appointed lecturer in ceramics at the Tasmanian CAE in Hobart. He has held many exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne.
The total number of works by Les Blakebrough offered for sale by auction since 1987 is 74, of which 55 (74%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $11,590 for Large Assembled Form (From the Fortesque Bay Kelp Forest II Series) sold by Mossgreen Auctions in November 2011. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Les Blakebrough are held by the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
Les Blakebrough 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 261
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 59
- 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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