Another important piece of work French created was in seven panels, The Legend of Sinbad the Sailor, in 1956. It hung in the Legend Cafe in Melbourne.
In 1987, French completed a major commission for the Haileybury Chapel in Melbourne, including dozens of stained glass mosaic windows of varying shapes and sizes and a large reredos.
In 2009, Earth Creations was hung in the St John's College Chapel (St. Lucia, Brisbane) by the UQ Art Museum installation team, two years after being commissioned [1]. The piece is a stacked triptych.
French's work has been the subject of more than 40 solo exhibitions in Australia, and been part of many group exhibitions outside Australia.
At the time of his death in early 2017, French resided in and painted in his studio in Heathcote, Victoria.[3]
He was married three times, and had seven children and five grandchildren.
A biography of French, The Boy from Brunswick: Leonard French by Reg MacDonald, was published by Australian Scholarly Publishing in November 2018.[4]
leonard, french, leonard, william, french, october, 1928, january, 2017, australian, artist, known, principally, major, stained, glass, works, rostrum, great, hall, university, house, australian, national, university, showing, artworks, regeneratation, 1972, s. Leonard William French OBE 8 October 1928 10 January 2017 was an Australian artist known principally for major stained glass works Rostrum end of the Great Hall University House Australian National University showing artworks by Leonard French Regeneratation 1972 and some from The Journey series 1974 10 pieces all in the Hall 1 Leonard French ceiling at the National Gallery of VictoriaFrench was born in Brunswick Victoria to a family of Cornish origin His stained glass creations include a series of panels in the cafe and foyer of the National Library of Australia in Canberra 2 and a stained glass ceiling for the great hall at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne which is one of the largest in the world Another important piece of work French created was in seven panels The Legend of Sinbad the Sailor in 1956 It hung in the Legend Cafe in Melbourne In 1987 French completed a major commission for the Haileybury Chapel in Melbourne including dozens of stained glass mosaic windows of varying shapes and sizes and a large reredos In 2009 Earth Creations was hung in the St John s College Chapel St Lucia Brisbane by the UQ Art Museum installation team two years after being commissioned 1 The piece is a stacked triptych French s work has been the subject of more than 40 solo exhibitions in Australia and been part of many group exhibitions outside Australia At the time of his death in early 2017 French resided in and painted in his studio in Heathcote Victoria 3 He was married three times and had seven children and five grandchildren A biography of French The Boy from Brunswick Leonard French by Reg MacDonald was published by Australian Scholarly Publishing in November 2018 4 Awards editFrench won the Sulman Prize in 1960 with The Burial and the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 1963 and in 1980 He was also awarded a Harkness Fellowship in 1965 In the Queen s Birthday Honours of June 1968 he was appointed an Officer OBE of the Order of the British Empire 5 References edit University House and Garden ANU National Library of Australia Bookplate cafe retrieved January 2009 Subscribe to the Herald Sun Retrieved 12 January 2017 The Boy from Brunswick Leonard French a Biography Australian Scholarly Publishing 22 November 2018 Retrieved 8 February 2019 It s an Honour Honours Search Australian Honours Retrieved 12 January 2017 External links editBiography Leonard French in National Gallery of Australia Leonard French at Australian Art Leonard French image of Tapestry in the University of Ballarat collectionLeonard French Obituary 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leonard French amp oldid 1145985078, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
