John
de Burg
Perceval
1923-2000 |
If you love
Art of
impeccable
provenance,
the
art
you want is at
Galeria Aniela
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 John
de Burgh
Perceval
AO
is one the
most important Australian artists from post-WWII up until today.
Perceval
made a
strong impact
since 1940's in the
Contemporary Art Society
of Victoria.
By the 60's
Perceval
achieved
great
recognition and financial success.
PHOTO
(1968):
John Perceval and
Arthur
Boyd
'en plein air'
painting
Perceval
awards
inc.
1958
McCaughey Prize,
1960
Wynne Prize,
1991
Officer of the Order of Australia.
In
1966
Albert
Hall Canberra
held Perceval Retrospective,
1984
Heide
Museum of Modern Art Perceval Retrospective,
1992
National Gallery of Victoria,
2000
Galeria Aniela
held
Perceval
Retrospective|
Australian National NEWS VIDEO
ABC TV.
Perceval
work is
held in museums collections, highly valued by collectors
Sulphur Smoke
sold for $589,000 and
Scudding Swans
$690,000.
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John Perceval AO 1923-2000
Love Angel
ENLARGE
Oil on Canvas
Image Size: 31
x
41 cm
Framed size: 41 x 51 cm
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John Perceval AO 1923-2000
Deep-Sea
Archangel
ENLARGE
Oil on Canvas
91
cm x
92 cm
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John Perceval AO 1923-2000
Happy Farmer, Trees
1989 ENLARGE
Oil on Canvas
92
x 122 cm
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John Perceval AO 1923-2000
Free Sunflowers
ENLARGE
Oil on Board Paper-Board
Image
Size: 75 x 56 cm
Framed size: 90 x 72 cm
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John Perceval AO 1923-2000
Angel with Flowers
ENLARGE
Oil on
Paper
Image size: 54 x
74 cm
Framed Size: 74 x 94 cm
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John Perceval AO 1923-2000
Gold Sunflowers ENLARGE
Oil on Canvas
Image:
46 x 36 cm
Framed: 61 x 51 cm
Price: ON
HOLD
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John Perceval AO 1923-2000
Sapphire Sunflowers
ENLARGE
Oil on Canvas
Image
Size: 89 x 89 cm
Framed size: 108 x 108 cm
Price:
ON HOLD
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John Perceval AO 1923-2000
Sunflowers on Crimson ENLARGE
Oil on Canvas
Image Size: 60 cm x 52 cm
Framed Size: 75 x 67 cm
Price:
ON HOLD
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Old
Fishing Boat
Oil on Canvas
82 x102
cm
Price:
SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Sunflowers in Black vase on Purple
Oil on canvas
60 cm x 52 cm
Price:
SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Williamstown
Fishing
1988
Oil on Canvas
82 x 102 cm
Price: SOLD |
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Brilliant
Sunflowers
Oil on Canvas
82 x 82 cm
Price:
SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
The Big Boat
Oil on Canvas
82 x 102 cm
Price:
SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Sun in the Wheatfield
Oil on canvas
80
cm x 80 cm
Price: SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Ships at Williamstown 1988
(illustrated)
Oil on Canvas
Size
: 94 x 124 cm
Price:
SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Sunflowers in Red vase on Purple
Oil on canvas
60 cm x 50 cm
Price:
SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Small Boats
Oil on canvas
82 x 102 cm
Price:
SOLD |
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Sunflowers on Blue
Oil on Canvas
45 cm x 35 cm
Price: SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Nuns in Jeopardy
1990
Oil on canvas
92
cm x 122 cm
Price: SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Title:
Sunflowers
Oil on canvas
46 cm x 36 cm
Price: SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Williamstown Night Ship
Oil on canvas
60
x 92cm
Price: SOLD |
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Queen Bee
1988
Oil on canvas
100 x 75 cm
Price: SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Pumpkin House
Oil on canvas
82
x 102 cm
Price: SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
The Farmer 1988
Oil on canvas
61 cm x 71 cm
Price:
SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Light House,
Small Boats
Oil on canvas
82 x 102 cm
Price:
SOLD |
JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Flowers
circa
1948
Oil on Board
38 x 42 cm
rice:
SOLD |
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Floating Mask
1990
Oil on canvas
71 x 81 cm
Price: SOLD |
JOHN PERCEVAL 1923-2000
Country Sun
Oil on canvas
32 x 41 cm
Price: SOLD |
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auction results
John De Burgh Perceval 1923-2000
U nder
the freedom of information we have compiled relevant details.
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Price excl. GST
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Scudding Swans 1959
Oil & tempera on board, 91 x 122 cm, Menzies, Australian &
International Fine Art, Sydney, 25/03/2010, Lot No. 53
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$690,000 |
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Sulphur Smoke 1959
Oil & tempera on composition board, 91 x 121.5 cm,
Deutscher~Menzies, Australian & International Paintings, Sydney,
05/03/2002, Lot No. 37 |
$589,000 |
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The Revellers 1947-48
Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 105 cm, Deutscher~Menzies, Australian &
International Fine Art, Sydney, 14/06/2006, Lot No. 17
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$540,000 |
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Fisherman's Sights, Williamstown, 1956
Oil on composition board, 91.5 x 121 cm, Deutscher and Hackett,
The Gould Collection of Important Australian Art, Sydney,
15/03/2017, Lot No. 6 |
$488,000 |
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The Cornfield 1959
Oil on composition board, 84 x 117 cm, Menzies, Australian &
International Fine Art, Sydney, 25/03/2010,
Lot No. 48 |
$456,000 |
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The Moored Shark Boat, 1959
Oil on canvas on board, 84.5 x 115 cm, Menzies, Important
Australian and International Fine Art and Sculpture, Melbourne,
24/09/2015, Lot No. 39 |
$454,091 |
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French Nuns 1948
Oil, tempera, resin on canvas, 82.5 x 98 cm, Sotheby's,
Important Australian Art, Sydney, 16/08/2017, Lot No. 10
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$451,400 |
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The Pottery, 1948
Oil, resin, tempera on canvas, 81 x 91.5 cm, Deutscher and
Hackett, Important Australian + International Fine Art,
Melbourne, 04/05/2016, Lot No. 10 |
$427,000 |
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The Man 1942
Oil & tempera on board, 122 x 91 cm, Sotheby's, Important
Australian & New Zealand Art (lots 1-98) | Important Australian
Art from The J.G.L. Collection (lots 99-137), Sydney,
16/05/2018, Lot No. 103 |
$353,800 |
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Old Hulk, Williamstown 1956
Enamel & tempera on composition board, 78.5 x 114 cm, Bonhams &
Goodman, Australian, International & Aboriginal Fine Art,
Melbourne, 25/11/2008, Lot No. 21 |
$348,000 |
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Lime Quarry, Lilydale, 1956
Oil on canvas, 80 x 113.5 cm, Deutscher and Hackett, 100
Important Australian Paintings, Melbourne, 16/04/2008, Lot No.
41 |
$312,000 |
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Nativity I
Oil on canvas on board, 84 x 79 cm, Christies, Australian &
International Paintings, Melbourne, 19/04/2005, Lot No. 35
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$295,000 |
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Windmill and the Rapids
Oil & tempera on board, 91.5 x 122 cm, Smith & Singer, former
Sotheby's Australia, Important Australian & International Art,
Sydney,
20/04/2021,
Lot No. 14 |
$294,545 |
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The Hull, Williamstown, 1956
Oil on composition board, 61 x 71 cm, Deutscher and Hackett, The
Gould Collection of Important Australian Art, Sydney,
15/03/2017, Lot No. 5 |
$292,800 |
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Ship's Graveyard 1956
Oil & tempera on board, 72 x 121 cm, Sotheby's, Important
Australian Art, Sydney, 08/05/2012, Lot No. 6 |
$264,000 |
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Black Swans at Williamstown 1956
Oil on composition board, 76.5 x 110 cm, Deutscher~Menzies,
Australian & International Paintings, Sculpture and Works on
Paper, Melbourne, 25/04/1999, Lot No. 63 |
$244,500 |
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Night Watch 1957
Oil on board, 76 x 105.5 cm, Bonhams, The Grundy Collection,
Sydney, 26/06/2013, Lot No. 15 |
$219,600 |
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Low Tide
Oil on canvas on board, 76 x 106.5 cm, Christies, Australian &
International Paintings, Melbourne, 01/05/2000, Lot No. 222
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$211,500 |
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Pleasure Craft
Oil on composition board, 87 x 121 cm, Sotheby's, Important
Australian Art, Melbourne, 24/11/2008, Lot No. 44 |
$198,000 |
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Breaking of the Strike
Oil on canvas, 72 x 93 cm, Sotheby's, Fine Australian Paintings,
Melbourne, 14/08/1989, Lot No. 345 |
$198,000 |
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Autumn Leaves
Tempera & oil on board, 89 x 120 cm, Sotheby's, Australian and
International Art, Melbourne, 21/11/2006, Lot No. 7 |
$168,000 |
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Boats at Williamstown - Akuna
Oil on board, 72 x 121 cm, Sotheby's, Fine Australian Paintings,
Melbourne, 24/07/1988, Lot No. 349 |
$165,000 |
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Harbour Trust, Williamstown 1967-1968
Oil on canvas, 91.7 x 122.5 cm, Sotheby's, The David Newby
Collection of Australian Art; Important Australian Art, Sydney,
03/05/2017, Lot No. 34 |
$164,700 |
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Scourge of Job
Oil on board, 73.5 x 69 cm, Sotheby's, Fine Australian Paintings
and Drawings, Melbourne, 30/07/1986, Lot No. 30 |
$154,000 |
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River Forest 1959
Oil on composition board, 86 x 108 cm, Sotheby's, Important
Australian Art, Melbourne, 14/05/2013, Lot No. 11 |
$146,400 |
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Boats at Williamstown
Oil on canvas on board, 86.5 x 102 cm, Sotheby's, Fine
Australian Paintings, Melbourne, 24/07/1988, Lot No. 408
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$143,000 |
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Boy Crying in a Carlton Street 1944
Oil on board, 70 x 39 cm, Joel Fine Art, Important Australian &
International Art, Melbourne, 30/10/2007, Lot No. 39
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$137,346 |
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Boats at Williamstown, c. 1947
Oil on composition board, 74.3 x 101 cm, Sotheby's, Fine
Australian Paintings, Melbourne, 18/11/1996, Lot No. 134
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$134,500 |
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Richmond Landscape 1944
Oil on canvas, 74.5 x 91 cm, Deutscher~Menzies, Australian &
International Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper,
Melbourne, 24/11/1999, Lot No. 53 |
$123,500 |
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Bush Scene 1959
Oil on board, 85.5 x 115.5 cm, Mossgreen Auctions, The
Collection of Warren & Bunty Bonython (Art lots only), Adelaide,
04/05/2014, Lot No. 201 |
$117,120 |
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Flooded Creek 1960
Oil on composition board, 91.8 x 95.5 cm, Smith & Singer,
Important Australian & International Art, Sydney, 24/06/2020,
Lot No. 4 |
$116,591 |
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Fabian in the Garden, 1954
Oil on composition board, 81 x 96 cm, Deutscher and Hackett,
Important Australian & International Fine Art; Important
Indigenous Art, Melbourne, 29/11/2017, Lot No. 7 |
$115,900 |
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Boats on a Changing Tide, Mordialloc 1968
Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 122 cm, Smith & Singer, Important
Australian & International Art, Sydney, 18/11/2020, Lot
No. 5 |
$110,455 |
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Tug Boat in the Floating Dock (Williamstown) 1968
Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 122.3 cm, Sotheby's, Important Australian
& International Art, Sydney, 11/05/2016, Lot No. 140
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$109,800 |
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Ship in the River
Oil on canvas on board, 81 x 100 cm, Sotheby's, Fine Australian
Paintings, Melbourne, 22/08/1994, Lot No. 109 |
$107,000 |
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Banksias at Rye 1959
Oil on board, 99 x 76.5 cm, Deutscher~Menzies, Fine Art Auction,
Melbourne, 01/05/2002, Lot No. 46 |
$105,750 |
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Summer Into Autumn
Oil on canvas on board, 70 x 80 cm,
Est: $28,000-35,000, Sotheby's, Australian and International
Art, Melbourne, 21/11/2006, Lot No. 2 |
$102,000 |
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Arrival of the Lively Lady and The Floating Dock, Williamstown
1967
Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 122 cm, Deutscher~Menzies, Australian and
International Fine Art, Sydney, 06/12/2006, Lot No. 29
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$102,000 |
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The Old Hulk (Williamstown)
Oil on board, 91 x 121 cm, Christies, Australian and European
Pictures, Melbourne, 18/04/1994, Lot No. 103 |
$101,500 |
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Acrobat Angel, C.1958
Glazed earthenware, signed on base: Perceval, 38 cm height, Est:
$40,000-60,000, Deutscher and Hackett, The Gould Collection of
Important Australian Art, Sydney, 15/03/2017, Lot No. 1
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$97,600 |
For more information
http://www.aasd.com.au/
Wikipedia
http://www.artindex.com.au/
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JOHN
PERCEVAL AO Biography
Photo (1943):
John Perceval (right)
Arthur Boyd
left Photograph Albert Tucker
National Library of
Australia
Photo
(1958):
John Perceval left and
Arthur Boyd
right
1923
John
de Burgh
Perceval
was
born
1 February 1923 in Western Australia
at
Bruce Rock,
Western Australia.
Perceval birth name is Linwood Robert Steven South.
He was
the second child of
Robert South and Dorothy née Dolton.
1925 Perceval parents
separated. Perceval remained at his father's farm
1935
Perceval reunited
with his mother in
Melbourne
in 1935.
Following the marriage of his mother to William de
Burgh Perceval, he changed his name to John and adopted the
surname de Burgh Perceval.
1938
Perceval contracted polio, was
hospitalized, took
the opportunity to further his skills at drawing and painting.
1941
Perceval enlisted
in the army in
1941 Perceval befriended
Arthur Boyd
 1944
after leaving the army John
Perceval
married
Arthur
Boyd's
sister Mary
and
moved into the Boyd family home at Open Country,
Murrumbeena.
They had four children
Matthew,
Tessa
Perceval,
Celia Perceval and
Alice.
1948 Perceval held his first solo exhibition at the
Melbourne Book Club in 1948 and showed
regularly with the
Contemporary Art Society.
Perceval
made an impact virtually
as soon as he had begun to paint in the 1940s, when he exhibited in
Melbourne in 1942
at the
Contemporary Art Society
of Victoria, Australia.
By the 50's and the 60's
Perceval
work had developed into an individual style giving him
an artistic acclaim as well as the financial success.
1949
- 1955
Perceval concentrated on producing earthenware ceramics and helped to
establish the
Arthur Merric Boyd Pottery in
Murrumbeena.
1956 Perceval has return to painting
and produced a series of
paintings of the famous
Williamstown
series and
Gaffney's Creek.
1958
Perceval won
McCaughey Prize
1959
Perceval signed the Antipodean Manifesto which shape of Australian
contemporary art.
1960
Perceval won
Wynne Prize
1963
Perceval moved to England
1963 Perceval held solo
exhibitions in London, and travelled to Europe, before returning to
Australia
1965
Perceval take up the first
Australian National University Creative
Fellowship.
JOHN PERCEVAL National
Gallery of Victoria
1966
Albert
Hall, Canberra
held Perceval first major Retrospective Exhibition.
1971
Author Margaret Plant
published
monograph of John
Perceval
1974 Perceval committed himself to
Larundel
hospital,
suffering from
alcoholism and schizophrenia, where he remained
until 1981.
1984
Heide
Museum of Modern Art held
PERCEVAL
Retrospective
1991
John
Perceval was awarded Officer of the
Order of Australia (AO)
1991
National Gallery of Victoria
organized
Perceval Retrospective
1992
National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne
organized
Perceval Retrospective (1945-1992)
June 2000
Perceval
'Scudding Swans' sold for
$552,500, the highest price for a living Australian painter (28/06/2000).
August
2000
Galeria Aniela
organised
PERCEVAL Retrospective
(19 August
-19 October 2000)
with John
Perceval
encouragement and
personal
support and
his
manager,
Ken McGregor.
19 August 2000
Justin Miller,
Chairman
Sotheby’s
Australia
open
JOHN PERCEVAL Retrospective
- 80 paintings (1946-1999) on
the ABC TV Australian National NEWS
15 October 2000
John Perceval died in Melbourne (aged
77)
survived by his four children; Matthew,
Tessa,
Celia
and Alice.
March 2010
John Perceval painting 'Scudding Swans' sold fo r $690,000.
JOHN PERCEVAL
played a
major role in the Antipodean group in the late 1950's in
Melbourne.
Antipodean group reacted strongly against the promoters of
non-figurative painting who followed the trends in the United
States and suggested that representational painting was
unfashionable and outdated.
Perceval was the
member of the famous group known as the
Angry Penguins who redefined Australian
art in the 40s and the 50's. Other members included John and Sunday Reed,
Joy Hester,
Sidney Nolan,
Arthur Boyd and
Albert Tucker.
John
de Burgh
Perceval (1923-2000) is
one of the Australia's most
important 20th century artists
(Australian
Painter and
Ceramicist)
and remains
the best-loved
artist.
Perceval contribution to important historical group and the development
of the contemporary Australian art is significant. All major public and
private collections have acquired the representation of Perceval
works.
With a contribution spanning nearly six
decades,
John Perceval created a relatively small body of work by comparison with
artists like
Arthur Boyd
and
Sidney Nolan,
Perceval produced fewer than 600
original oil paintings.
VIDEO: ABC
TV Australian National NEWS |Perceval Retrospective
Exhibition in Galeria Aniela
Awards :
1958
McCaughey Prize
1960
Wynne Prize
1966
Albert Hall, Canberra
held Perceval first major Retrospective Exhibition.
1984
Heide
Museum of Modern Art held Perceval Retrospective Exhibition
1992
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne
organized
John Perceval
major Retrospective (1945-1992)
1991
Officer of the Order of Australia
2000
Galeria Aniela
held
Perceval Retrospective
exhibition open by Justin Miller,
Chairmen of
Sotheby's Australia (19
August to 19 October held
80
paintings from 1946 to 1999)
VIDEO: Australian
National NEWS | the ABC TV
VIDEO:
Australian National NEWS Perceval
Retrospective
filmed by the ABC TV
PHOTOS:
(1999)
left: Aniela,
centre:
Celia Perceval,
right: John
Perceval
Perceval Retrospective
was
organized with the artist
encouragement and
support.
2000
Perceval Retrospective open
19
August
by Justin Miler,
Chairman
Sotheby's Australia
ABC TV Arthur BOYD in Galeria Aniela
filmed by Australian National
NEWS
ABC TV Sunday Afternoon
Best of BOYD exhibition
in Galeria Aniela
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JOHN
PERCEVAL Videos
VIDEO
gallery website:
JOHN PERCEVAL Retrospective ABC TV the Australian
National News
VIDEO
ABC
TV News JOHN PERCEVAL
Retrospective
VIDEO: "Free Sunflowers"
JOHN PERCEVAL (1923-2000)
Photo:
JOHN PERCEVAL, Melbourne 1998
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Angels
Attending
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JOHN
PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Title:
Angel in Love
Oil on Canvas
Measurements (image): 31 x 41 cm
Measurements
(framed): 41 x 51 cm
Place of Execution: Melbourne, Victoria
Price may change
without a prior notice
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Angel
with Flowers 1988
JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Angel with Flowers 1988
Oil on paper board,
Signed lower right: Perceval,
Dated lower right:
88
I mage: 55 x 75 cm
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Farmer
with Trees 1989
JOHN
PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Happy Farmer with Trees
1989
Oil on canvas,
Signed lower right Perceval and
verso
signed and dated '89
Image size : 92 x 122 cm
Price may change without a
prior notice
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On
the Ship in deep Sea
JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Title:
Angel
Oil on Canvas
Image size: 91 x 92 cm
Place of Execution: Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria
Price may change without a
prior notice
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Sapphire-Blue
Sunflowers circa 1998
JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Sapphire Sunflowers 1998
Oil on canvas,
Signed lower left and sign verso
Measurements (image): 89 x 89 cm
Place of Execution: The Artist Studio, Melbourne, Victoria
"Sapphire Sunflowers" is
Perceval modern masterwork. This iss the only "Sunflower" painting
in the sapphire colour. Sapphire
Sunflowers is
a paraphrase
of a very much contemporary work of art, beautifully composition showing
the visible power and superb tone with his typical rich paintwork
and swirling brush strokes.
Price
may change without a prior notice
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Exhibited :
2000 "PERCEVAL Retrospective"
Galeria Aniela Fine art Gallery,
NSW, Australia
2000
Video
"Perceval Retrospective" filmed by the
ABC TV Australian National
NEWS
in Galeria Aniela
2001 "Tribute to JOHN PERCEVAL"
Wagner
Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2003 "Masters of
Art" Galeria Aniela Fine art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2005 "The Grand Masters"
The Art Lounge Gallery -
Edmund Capon
Art Gallery of NSW
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Sunflowers on
Crimson circa 1988-90
JOHN PERCEVAL1923-2000
Sunflowers on Crimson circa 1988-89
Oil on canvas,
signed lower left and sign verso
Measurements (image): 60 x 52 cm
Place of Execution: Melbourne, Victoria
NOTES:
This
highly textured
painting is Perceval
signature work in typical swirling brush strokes with rich
paintwork,
superb composition,
in characteristic expressive tone of colour.
Price
may change without a prior notice
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ENQUIRE
Exhibited:
2000 "PERCEVAL Retrospective"
Galeria Aniela Fine art Gallery,
NSW, Australia
2000
Video
"Perceval Retrospective" the
ABC TV Australian National
NEWS
in Galeria Aniela
2001 "Tribute to JOHN PERCEVAL"
Wagner
Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2003 "Masters of
Art" Galeria Aniela Fine art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2005 "The Grand Masters"
The Art Lounge Gallery -
Edmund Capon
Art Gallery of NSW
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Sunflowers on Gold
c.1985-88
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JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Sunflowers on Gold
'Sunflowers on Gold' is a
masterwork beautifully composition, highly textured rich paintwork in characteristic Perceval expressive
clear
tone of colour, is a Perceval signature painting with the artist typical swirling brush strokes and warm
tones.
Oil on canvas,
Signed
Lower left:
PERCEVAL
Measurements
(image): 46 x 36 cm
Exhibited:
2000 "PERCEVAL Retrospective"
Galeria Aniela Fine art Gallery,
NSW, Australia
2000
Video
"Perceval Retrospective" the
ABC TV Australian National
NEWS
in Galeria Aniela
2001 "Tribute to JOHN PERCEVAL"
Wagner
Art Gallery, NSW,
Australia
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2003 "Masters of
Art" Galeria Aniela Fine art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2005 "The Grand Masters"
The Art Lounge Gallery launched by
Edmund Capon
Art Gallery of NSW
Price
may change without a prior notice
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FREE Sunflowers circa 1989
JOHN PERCEVAL
1923-2000
Free Sunflowers
VIDEO: "Free
Sunflowers" click here
"Free
Sunflowers" is a
beautiful,
rich
and highly textured
painting
with
clear and expressive tone of colour.
Characteristically Perceval, it is the artist
superb
signature work with
swirling brush strokes and warm tones
beautifully
composition.
Perceval loved Vincent van Gogh's work
and yet, Perceval Sunflowers are free of van Gogh
inhibitions allowing the unconscious to come to the fore and releasing
new and greater powers.
John Perceval Sunflowers come from his most powerful
memory from his upbringing was of the golden fields of sunflowers on his
father property in Western Australia.
'Free Sunflowers' emphasize Perceval
strength as colorist achieving the most hues that can bring
about joy.
Oil on paper board,
Signed Lower left
PERCEVAL
Measurement: 76 x 57 cm
Framed: 94 x 75 cm
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Exhibited:
2000 "PERCEVAL Retrospective"
Galeria Aniela Fine art Gallery,
NSW, Australia
2000
Video
"Perceval Retrospective" the
ABC TV Australian National
NEWS
in Galeria Aniela
2001 "Tribute to JOHN PERCEVAL"
Wagner
Art Gallery, NSW,
Australia
2003 "Masters of
Art" Galeria Aniela Fine art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2005 "The Grand Masters"
The Art Lounge Gallery launched by
Edmund
Capon
Art Gallery of NSW
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The Art of JOHN PERCEVAL
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JOHN PERCEVAL 1923 - 2000
JOHN PERCEVAL has
played a major role in the Antipodean group in the late 1950s in Melbourne and
in
1959 he signed the Antipodean Manifesto which determined the shape of Australian
contemporary art. Antipodean group reacted
strongly against the promoters of non-figurative painting who followed the
trends in the United States and suggested that representational painting was
unfashionable and outdated. In 30 June 2000
Sotheby's
sold John Perceval "Scudding Swans" (Williamstown series) for $552,500 it was
then a record for a living Australian painter. In March 2002
Dutscher Menzies
sold John Perceval "Sulphur Smoke" for $596,600.
John de Burgh Perceval
AO
(1
February
1923
-
15 October
2000)
was a well-known
Australian
artist.
Perceval was the last surviving member of a group known as the
Angry
Penguins who redefined Australian art in the 1940s. Other
members included John and Sunday Reed,
Joy Hester,
Sidney Nolan,
Arthur Boyd
and
Albert
Tucker.
He was born Linwood Robert Steven South at
Bruce Rock,
Western
Australia, the second child of Robert South (a wheat farmer)
and Dorothy née Dolton. His parents separated in 1925 and he remained at his
father’s farm until reunited with his mother in
Melbourne
in 1935. Following the marriage of his mother to William de Burgh Perceval, he
changed his name to John and adopted the surname de Burgh Perceval.
John Perceval
moved to Melbourne with his mother in 1934 attending a local boarding school,
Trinity Grammar, here he had his first access to a large library, where the
school’s collection of art books left a profound impact on the teenager. Greatly
influenced by Van Gogh’s famous painting of the same title, Perceval’s first
work
Sunflowers
(1935) captures the essence of Van Gogh’s work but Perceval’s own flair can be
seen in its depth and unique textural qualities.
In 1938 Perceval contracted
polio
and was hospitalised, giving him the opportunity to further his skills at
drawing and painting.
When he contracted polio and was confined to a
hospital bed, Perceval spent much of this time developing his skills in drawing
and painting. Although he survived the infection, it seriously affected his neck
muscles, speech patterns and left him with a permanent limp. These problems
continued to give Perceval constant troubles throughout his life.
Enlisting in the army in 1941, following the
outbreak of war in the Pacific, Perceval was assigned to the Army Survey Corps
when he was rejected as unfit for military duty.
In the army Perceval first met and befriended
Arthur Boyd.
During this time he used his drawing skills to become a draughtsman and soon met
other young artists such as
Albert
Tucker,
Sidney Nolan
and
Arthur Boyd.
Becoming a close friend with Boyd, Perceval later met his sister, Mary whom he
married in 1944. His associations with Boyd also allowed him to be introduced to
the well-known art patrons John and Sunday Reed who helped establish his name
within Australia’s art circles.
After leaving the army and moving into the Boyd
family home at Open Country,
Murrumbeena,
he married Boyd's younger sister Mary in 1944. Together he and Mary Boyd
produced four children.
From 1943, and the aftermath of the war,
Perceval began to produce joyful religious and genre paintings with richly
textured surfaces. Although he was exhibiting regularly with the Contemporary
Art Society, Perceval held his first one-man show at the Melbourne Book Club in
1948.
Establishing a pottery workshop at Murrumbeena
with Arthur Boyd and Peter Herbst in 1944, between 1949 and 1955, Perceval
turned to ceramic work and created a series of angel figures. Returning to
painting in 1956, Perceval produced a series of spontaneous images depicting
Williamstown, Gaffney’s Creek and a range of seascapes.
Perceval held his first solo exhibition at the
Melbourne
Book Club in 1948 and showed regularly with the
Contemporary
Art Society. Between 1949 and 1955 he concentrated on
producing earthenware ceramics and helped to establish the
Arthur
Merric Boyd Pottery in Murrumbeena. Returning to painting in
1956 Perceval produced a series of images of
Williamstown
and
Gaffney's
Creek.
In 1959, Perceval became a member of the
Antipodeans, a group of self-taught Australian painters who dramatically changed
the local art scene in the 1940s and 50s. Working alongside Arthur Boyd, Albert
Tucker, Sidney Nolan and
Joy Hester,
during his time as an Antipodean Perceval worked with passionate intensity to
put his strong responses to nature onto canvas. Proving to be one his most
creative periods, his palette and style had matured greatly to show subtle
contrasts in tone and vibrant use of colour. In 1961 he began to receive wider
recognition and was asked to contribute to the renowned Whitechapel Gallery’s
50 Australian Painters
show in London. His work was also included in the 1962 Rebels and Precursors in
Australia, London’s Tate Gallery in 1963 and later at Brazil’s Museum of Modern
Art.
Moving to England in 1963 Perceval held solo
exhibitions in London, and travelled to Europe, before returning to Australia in
1965 to take up the first
Australian
National University Creative Fellowship (Australian
National University Creative Fellowship in Canberra).
John Perceval, a major retrospective exhibition, was held at
Albert Hall,
Canberra in 1966. Author Margaret Plant's monograph John Perceval, was published
in 1971.
However, despite his rising success, Perceval was
tackling serious health problems.
Suffering from
alcoholism
and
schizophrenia in 1974 Perceval committed himself to the
psychiatric hospital
Larundel,
Melbourne, where he
spent nearly ten years of his life
and remained until 1981.
Perceval produced a small number of crayon sketches during this
time and he did not seriously take up drawing and painting until 1987. Some of
the images Perceval produced after his release from hospital reflect strong
elements of tension and trauma. This can be seen in his works
Jack-in-the-box with rooster lid (1987)
and Feeding the Seagulls (1988)
which include axe images and troubled expression. After Perceval left the
hospital he again to begin producing jubilant and brilliant paintings with
richly textured surfaces which brought him fame in the 50’s in his early
artistic acclaim.
In 1984 John Perceval Retrospective Exhibition
of Paintings was held at
Heide
Park and Art Gallery.
Perceval created the prestigious Sunflowers
series and also continued his bellowed Williamstown series of paintings.
John Perceval established very strong emotional connection with Williamstown, a
small Melbourne Harbour. Williamstown paintings formed Perceval first major show
in 1956 bringing Perceval an immediate artistic acclaim and financial success.
Perceval early Williamstown paintings are in the prestigious permanent
collection of the
National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne)
and the
Heide Art Gallery, Victoria (John and Sunday
Reed Collection).
In 1990
National
Gallery of Victoria
organized John Perceval major
Retrospective exhibition.
In 1991 Perceval was awarded Officer of the
Order of
Australia (AO), it was the year after the
National
Gallery of Victoria organised John Perceval Retrospective.
In 2000 JOHN PERCEVAL held his last major retrospective exhibition at
Galeria
Aniela
officially
opened by Justin Miller, Chairman
Sotheby's
Australia
on Saturday, 19 August. The exhibition included 85 works, from as early as 1943,
oil paintings, drawings, pastels and watercolours some works have not been
previously seen.
The exhibition held for 3 months
was a fabulous success and canvassed by the
ABC TV
Australian National News.
Perceval continued with his
art until his death in 2000. As the last of the original core of the
Antipodeans, his death was considered a great tragedy.
Prior to
his death Scudding Swans (1959) sold for $552,500, a record for a living
Australian painter. Perceval is survived by his four children, all of whom
Celia
Perceval,
Tessa
Perceval and Matthew Perceval are practicing artists today.
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Photo (1998): John Perceval,
Celia
Perceval and Aniela in Perceval Melbourne Studio
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Photo (1998): John Perceval and
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