Lionel Lindsay

Australian · 1874–1961 · Painter, Printmaker

Sir Lionel Arthur Lindsay was an Australian artist and art critic, and one of a notable Australian family of artists; Percival Charles Lindsay, Norman Alfred Lindsay, Ruby… (Wikipedia)

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The SundownerLeonard Joel · Jun 2025A$4,400≈ $2,840≈ £2,104≈ €2,494Sign up to see
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The Great Fig Tree, Berry's Bay, Sydney, 1923
Aquatint · ed. aquatint 23/75
15.5 x 23.5cm
Leonard Joel · Jun 7, 2012 · Lot 3072
A$500≈ $499≈ £321≈ €396Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$250–350View at Leonard Joel ↗
The Convent of Huelgas Near Burgos, 1927
Drypoint
17.5 x 31.5cm
Leonard Joel · Mar 1, 2012 · Lot 3093
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Political Cartoon
Drawing
28.5x39cm
Davidson Auctions · Nov 29, 2025 · Lot 60
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Sospel [France]
Drypoint
21.5x30cm
Davidson Auctions · May 20, 2023 · Lot 305
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Drawing
'Silver Pheasant,' ed. 100 (20.5x14.5cm); & 'Curassow and Oleander,' ed. 100 (18x12.5cm)
Davidson Auctions · Mar 13, 2022 · Lot 333
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About Lionel Lindsay

Sir Lionel Arthur Lindsay was an Australian artist and art critic, and one of a notable Australian family of artists; Percival Charles Lindsay, Norman Alfred Lindsay, Ruby Lindsay and Ernest Daryl Lindsay. Lionel Lindsay was known for his prints, paintings which he exhibited nationally and internationally from the early 1900s until his death. A critic, he was a staunch defender of traditional, realist, art and opposed Modernism through his publication Addled Art, and influential positions on a number of arts organisations, including the Society of Artists; the Australian Printer-Etchers' Society (founding president 1921; the Australian Academy of Art; and Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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