ALUN LEACH JONES Australia 1937 -
Recognised as one of Australia’s leading abstract colour painters and included in the now infamous 1968 The Field exhibition, Alun Leach-Jones was born in Maghull, Lancashire, UK in 1937. He studied art at the Liverpool College of Art from 1955 to 1957. He moved to Adelaide in 1960 and studied printmaking at the South Australian School of Art under Udo Sellbach. During 1964–65 he moved to London where he produced screen prints influenced by the British pop art of fellow artists Patrick Caulfield and Eduardo Paolozzi. He returned to Australia and settled in Melbourne in 1966. Leach-Jones received a Master Diploma from the National Gallery of Victoria Art School Melbourne in 1971. During the sixties, Leach-Jones was recognized as part of "the New Abstraction" in Australian art. His work developed into a style still known as hard-edge painting. Alun Leach-Jones is known for his range of work covering painting, drawing, sculpture, linocuts, screenprints and etchings.
Alun LEACH JONES
Australia
Music of Colours I
(orange/red edges)
Screenprint 34/50 2000
630 x 950 image size
Alun LEACH JONES
Australia
Music of Colours II
(blue edges)
Screenprint 20/50 2000
630 x 950 image size
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