Lanceley biography pdf

Colin Lanceley, painter, sculptor and printmaker, was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in and raised in Australia, as his family relocated to Sydney in the following year. In at the age of 16 Lanceley was apprenticed as a colour photo engraver in the printing industry in Sydney.

Colin Lanceley AO (–) was an Australian artist known for his large three-dimensional paintings and for his drawing and printmaking.

Lanceley subsequently enrolled at the East Sydney Technical College in , where he graduated with a Diploma in Art in As the recipient of the prestigious Helena Rubinstein Travelling Scholarship in , Colin Lanceley travelled to Italy and the UK, where he remained throughout the s and s. He held his first London exhibition at Marlborough Gallery in February After his prize win at the Europe Prize for Painting held in Belgium in , Lanceley continued his art practice in Burgundy rather than London.

Lanceley married his wife Kay Morphett during his time aboard and they had two sons. Lanceley, along with his family, returned to Australia in , whereby he renounced the badge of expatriate artist.

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He was appointed as a lecturer at the City Art Institute in Sydney, serving in this post from His artistic commissions have included designing mosaics for the Australian International Aquatic Centre, Homebush, Sydney , painting the ceiling of the Lyric Theatre, Sydney and creating a large glass work for the County Court of Victoria, Melbourne Collage has served as the recurring basis of his work, which has also been inspired by literary sources, for example the writings of T.

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