Percival (Percy) Alexander Leason Australia, United States, 1889-1959
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About Percy Leason
Born at Kaniva, Victoria, in 1889 after schooling he was apprenticed in lithographic drawing to printing company, Sands & McDougall and studied in the evenings at and later National Gallery of Victoria. under Meldrum. His first Melbourne exhibition in 1927 enhanced his reputation. In 1937 he moved to the United States. He established an art colony in New York and in 1945 won the Audubon Artists' Hollander Prize and in the 1950s was elected a fellow of the London Royal Society of Arts and of the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences. He died on 11 September 1959 at Staten Island. Although he is represented in major Australian Galleries most of his works were sold privately in the United States.
We have records of art auction sales by Percy Leason from 1967 and in total 220 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 154 (70%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $16,800 for Stan Morriwalka (Loycurrie) 1929 sold by Bonhams & Goodman in April 2007. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Percy Leason are held by the Art Gallery of Western Australia, National Gallery of Australia and a further seven major public national galleries (see list below).
Percy Leason 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 604
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 333
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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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