Lesley Dumbrell

Australian · b. 1941 · Painter

Lesley Dumbrell, born on 14 October 1941 in Melbourne, is an Australian artist known for her precise abstract geometric paintings, and was a pioneer of the Australian Women's… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Lesley Dumbrell, Snakes and Ladders, 1979, wool, linen, cotton, silk, lurex and rayon tapestrySnakes and LaddersLeonard Joel · A$26,000≈ $18,916≈ £13,917≈ €16,675Sign up to see
  2. Lesley Dumbrell, Snakes and Ladders, 1979, synthetic polymer paint and Liquitex on canvasSnakes and LaddersLeonard Joel · A$20,000≈ $14,551≈ £10,706≈ €12,827Sign up to see
  3. Lesley Dumbrell, Gamboge, 1987, Liquitex on canvasGambogeLeonard Joel · A$7,500≈ $5,009≈ £4,092≈ €4,648Sign up to see

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Lesley Dumbrell, born on 14 October 1941 in Melbourne, is an Australian artist known for her precise abstract geometric paintings, and was a pioneer of the Australian Women's Art Movement of the 1970s. She became known as 'one of the leading artists in Melbourne to adopt the international styles of colour field and hard-edged abstraction'. Dumbrell's first major retrospective was held at Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2024.

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Born 1941, MelbourneOccupation PainterWikidata Q20895023 ↗ULAN 500099486 ↗

In the collections of

Art Gallery of New South WalesNational Gallery of AustraliaNational Gallery of Victoria

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Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By). See data sources & attribution.

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