Francis Lymburner (1916 - 1972)

BIOGRAPHY

Francis Lymburner was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1916. An award-winning student, his early art studies were at the Brisbane Technical College in 1934-36. Lymburner exhibited solo for the first time at Notanda Galleries, Sydney in 1941, and was conscripted into the army in 1942. (He was discharged two years later.) A member of ‘The Sydney Group’ along with fellow artists Paul Haefliger, Donald Friend and Justin O’Brien among others, he was added to the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection in 1951, and held numerous exhibitions before leaving for London in 1952. Returning to Australia in 1964, he continued to exhibit widely, until a brain haemorrhage left him unfortunately paralysed on one side.

EXHIBITIONS
Has exhibited in over 60 solo and around 150 group shows of paintings and drawings throughout Australia, including a major retrospective of his work at The Art Gallery of NSW that toured in 1992-93

AWARDS
Awarded several prizes throughout his career, including the Mosman Art Prize in 1951

COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
Other state and regional galleries

REFERENCES
Kolenberg, H. & Pearce, B. Francis Lymburner, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1992