James Gleeson


James Gleeson (1915-2008)

A SURVEY PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER 1930S - 1990S

James Gleeson is Australia’s best known and most important Surrealist. Now in his eighty-eighth year, Gleeson has been painting and exhibiting consistently from the 1930s to the present. He has played a significant role in the Australian art scene, not only as a painter and poet, but as a critic, writer and curator.
Gleeson combines skillful draughtsmanship with a great facility in handling paint. Delving into the subconscious, Gleeson uses literary, mythological or religious subject matter to allow the viewer glimpses of extraordinary beauty. Regardless of their scale, the resulting paintings convey a sumptuous monumentality.
Gleeson is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, most regional galleries, university collections, Artbank, and many corporate and private collections.

Page 1 Paintings
Page 2 Exhibition 2003: Paintings from 1930s to 1970s
Page 3 Exhibition 2003: Paintings from 1980s to 1990s
Page 4 Works on paper
Page 5 Biography

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James Gleeson

James Gleeson
Study for 'Evening Ceremonies'
Charcoal on paper
29.5 x 45.2cm
James Gleeson

James Gleeson
Study for 'The Sacrifice' 1984
Charcoal and collage on paper
56.5 x 76cm
no.2381
James Gleeson

James Gleeson
Study for 'Landscape with Anthropomorphic Ambitions' 1984
Charcoal on paper
56.2 x 76cm
no.2382
James Gleeson

James Gleeson
Study for 'The Armourer' 1985
Charcoal on paper
37.7 x 50.2cm
no.1664
James Gleeson
James Gleeson
Study for 'Night Emblems' 1986
Charcoal and collage on paper
37.5 x 50.5cm
no.2376
James Gleeson
James Gleeson
Study for 'The Island' 1986
Charcoal and collage on paper
45.5 x 60.8cm
no.1153
James Gleeson
James Gleeson
Study for 'The Keeper of Used Shadows' 1986
Charcoal and collage on paper
30.5 x 46cm
no.2374
James Gleeson
James Gleeson
Study for 'Thermapylae Transformed' 1986
Charcoal and collage on paper
30.5 x 46.5cm
Signed, dated 'Gleeson 11.10.86' lower right
no.2375
James Gleeson
James Gleeson
Study for 'An Unauthorised Storm at Portheadland' 1991
Charcoal and collage on paper
55.3 x 47.8cm
no.1152
James Gleeson
James Gleeson
Study for 'After The Rain' 1996
Charcoal and collage on paper
37.7 x 50.7cm
no.2378
James Gleeson
James Gleeson
Study for 'Looking Out to Sea' 1996
Charcoal and collage on paper
30.2 x 45.8cm
no.2373
James Gleeson
James Gleeson
Study for 'The Storm' 1998
Charcoal and collage on paper
50.7 x 37.6cm
no.2379
James Gleeson
James Gleeson
Comet I
Lithograph 43/50
25.5 x 20 cm
SOLD
James Gleeson


James Gleeson (1915-2008)

A SURVEY PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER 1930S - 1990S
Page 1 Paintings
Page 2 Exhibition 2003: Paintings from 1930s to 1970s
Page 3 Exhibition 2003: Paintings from 1980s to 1990s
Page 4 Works on paper
Page 5 Biography

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