Author

Contributions

  • French, Leonard, 1928- - Contributor

Publication

1995 - Craftsman House, Roseville East, NSW

Language

English

Word Count

42,000 words, Guess

Page Count

168 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL932781M
  • ISBN-109768097914
  • OCLC Control Number33486951
  • Library of Congress Control Number95233550
  • Goodreads6847979

Classifications

  • LCCN7405.F69 G75 1995

Description

Like the European artist Fernand Leger, Leonard French's work has often been executed on a monumental scale and is imbued with a philosophy of bringing art into life. His major commissions in glass such as the ceiling of the National Gallery of Victoria and the Blackwood Hall window at Monash University, as well as the huge murals and panel paintings including the Seven Days in Canberra, have become icons in Australian art. People have often been attracted to the beautiful luminosity of his surfaces and to the powerful yet lyrical emblematic symbols in his images, but few have been prepared to attempt to penetrate the surface and to arrive at some sort of understanding of his whole philosophy of art. This book opens the way to a number of possible readings of his art and for the first time presents an extensive corpus of his work in many mediums tracing its development over the past half century.

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People

Leonard French (1928-)

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