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Celia Perceval is a renown Australian artist. Celia is the second eldest daughter of Australian artist John Perceval (1923-2000) and Arthur Boyd sister Mary, Lady Nolan.

Celia Perceval work is represented in Australia and around the world including Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, New England Regional Art Gallery, Admirable City Art Gallery Museum, Croft Castle Shropshire England also Ireland, France, Portugal, Hong Kong, Japan, America. Collectors highly value Celia Perceval work, sold in some of the finest art galleries as well as major auction houses Bonhams & Goodman $24,874, Joel Fine Art $24,316, Lawson Menzies $22,212, Bringing the Cows sold for $97,005 and Picking Daffodils sold for $38,400.

PHOTO: Celia Perceval working in the bush, painting en plein air

Celia Perceval is a renowned Australian artist. Her work is highly sought after by Australian and international art collectors. Celia belongs to the distinguished Boyd artistic dynasty that began in 1886 with the marriage of Emma Minnie à Beckett (1858-1936) and Arthur Merric Boyd (1862-1940). Celia is a second daughter of John Perceval  (1923-2000) and Arthur Boyd's sister Mary, Lady Nolan.

Celia Perceval work is recognized as art investment and represented in Australia and around the world including Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, New England Regional Art Gallery, Admirable City Art Gallery Museum, Croft Castle, Shropshire England also private Collections England, Ireland, France, Portugal, Hong Kong, Japan, America.

Celia Perceval paintings are sold in some of the finest art galleries as well as major auction houses: Dutscher Menzies sold $97,005, Bonhams & Goodman $24,874, Joel Fine Art $24,316, Lawson Menzies $22,212, Christies $10,584.

Celia has been continuously painting since her early age and holding her first exhibition in 1966 when she was just 16. Celia Perceval is well-known for her heavily textured, expressive paintings of the Australian bush often focusing on the coastal bush-land.

Celia Perceval was born in Melbourne in 1949, a third child (a second daughter) to Lady Mary Boyd (Nolan) and John Perceval (1923-2000).

Throughout her career spanning 40 years she creates magical landscapes, she travels and painting on location in Australia and Europe. Celia Perceval is a highly regarded Australian artist and her work is sought after by Australian and International collectors.

Celia’s work is represented in many private and public collections in Australia and around the world.

Born in Brighton, Melbourne in 1949, Celia Perceval is a self-taught painter, first exhibited at the age of sixteen. She developed her inspiration for drawing and painting in the artistic environment created by her parents John Perceval (1923-2000) and Mary Boyd. Celia Perceval is a highly regarded Australian artist and her work is sought after by Australian and International collectors. Celia, a self-taught painter has exhibited widely in Australia. She has been continuously painting since her early age and holding first exhibition in 1966 when she was just 16. Celia Perceval is a famous artist in her own right and well-known for her heavily textured and expressive paintings of the Australian bush often focusing on the coastal bush-land. Celia Perceval was born in Melbourne in 1949, a second daughter of Lady Mary Nolan (Boyd) and the late John Perceval (1923-2000). Throughout her career spanning 40 years as a landscape painter travelling and painting on location in Australia and Europe. Celia’s work is in many private and public collections in Australia and around the world.

1963 - Celia travelled with her parents by sea to England- Visited ports such as Celon (India), The Red Sea and Europe.
Celia's youthful experiences of different cultures and landscapes had an everlasting effect on her drawing and painting.
1965 - The family returned to Australia and Celia often painted with her father John Perceval (1923-2000) in the bush around the ACT.
1966 - She exhibited her work for the first time in Canberra at the age of 16 years.
1967 - Celia married and moved back to London where her son Timothy was born.
1968 - She went to live and work in the small village of Tourrettes sur Loup in the South of France. Here she made hundreds of drawings of the village people (some pieces were later exhibited at the Crernorne Gallery, Sydney). Celia then moved to a tiny hamlet in northern Italy to continue drawing the people and landscape of the area. Although she spend much time painting in countries such as France, Italy, England, Ireland, Wales and India, she would continually make many trips back to Australia as she maintained a deep affection for the bush that shaped her childhood.

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Videos 

VIDEO ABC TV John Perceval in Galeria Aniela Australian National News (gallery site)

VIDEO: ABC TV Australian National News John Perceval Retrospective in Galeria Aniela

VIDEO YouTube: ABC TV Australian National News exhibition in Galeria Aniela

VIDEO gallery site: ABC Sunday Afternoon Review exhibition in Galeria Aniela

VIDEO gallery site: ABC TV National News | John Perceval Retrospective

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