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CELIA PERCEVAL BIOGRAPHY
The daughter of Lady Mary Nolan (nee Boyd) and the late
John Perceval
(1923-2000)
Celia’s
work is recognized art investment and sold in major auction houses:
Dutscher Menzies
sold $97,005,
Bonhams & Goodman
$24,874,
Joel Fine Art
$24,316,
Lawson Menzies
$22,212, Christies $10,584 and more.
Celia
Perceval
is listed in the following
standard biographical references.
Celia
has been continuously painting since her early age and holding her first
exhibition in 1966 when she was just 16. Celia Perceval is well-known
for her heavily textured, expressive paintings of the Australian bush
often focusing on the coastal bush-land.
Celia Perceval was born in Melbourne in 1949,
a third child (a
second daughter) to Lady Mary
Boyd
(Nolan)
and
John
Perceval
(1923-2000).
Throughout her career spanning 40 years she creates magical landscapes,
she travels and painting on location in Australia and Europe.
Celia Perceval
is a highly regarded Australian artist and her work is sought after by
Australian and International collectors.
Celia’s work is represented in many private and public
collections in Australia and around the world. Celia Perceval is a
highly regarded Australian artist and her work is sought after by
Australian and International collectors. Celia,
has been continuously painting since her early age and holding her first
exhibition in 1966 when she was just 16. Celia Perceval is well-known
for her heavily textured and expressive paintings of the Australian bush
often focusing on the coastal bush-land.
Celia
Perceval
was born in Melbourne in 1949,
a second daughter of Lady Mary Nolan
(Boyd) and the late John Perceval.
Throughout her career spanning 40 years as a landscape painter travelling
and painting on location in Australia and Europe.
Celia’s work is in many private and public collections
in Australia and around the world.
Major Public Collections:
Bendigo Regional Art Gallery,
New England Regional Art Gallery,
Admirable City Art Gallery Museum,
Croft Castle, Shropshire England,
DEUTSCHER~MENZIES |
383 · CELIA
PERCEVAL (Landscape), 384 · Landscape at Llanfair Waterdien,
Lot 6: CELIA PERCEVAL (1949 - ) - Bringing the Cows Home 77 x 87 ...
Private Collections:
Australia, England, Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain,
Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, America.
Born in
Brighton, Melbourne in 1949, Celia Perceval is a self-taught painter,
first exhibited at the age of sixteen. She developed her inspiration for
drawing and painting in the artistic environment created by her parents,
Mary Boyd and John Perceval. Celia Perceval is a
highly regarded Australian artist and her work is sought after by
Australian and International collectors. Celia,
a self-taught painter
has exhibited widely in Australia.
She has been continuously painting since her early age and holding first
exhibition in 1966 when she was just 16. Celia Perceval is well-known
for her heavily textured and expressive paintings of the Australian bush
often focusing on the coastal bush-land.
Celia
Perceval
was born in Melbourne in 1949,
a second daughter of Lady Mary Nolan
(Boyd) and the late John Perceval.
Throughout her career spanning 40 years as a landscape painter travelling
and painting on location in Australia and Europe.
Celia’s work is in many private and public collections
in Australia and around the world.
1963 - Travelled with her parents by sea to England- Visited ports such
as Celon (India), The Red Sea and Europe.
Celia's youthful experiences of different cultures and landscapes had an
everlasting effect on her drawing and painting.
1965 - The family returned to Australia and Celia often painted with her
father in the bush around the ACT.
1966 - She exhibited her work for the first time in Canberra at the age
of 16 years.
1967 - Celia married and moved back to London where her son Timothy was
born.
1968 - She went to live and work in the small village of Tourrettes sur
Loup in the South of France. Here she made hundreds of drawings of the
village people (some pieces were later exhibited at the Crernorne
Gallery, Sydney). Celia then moved to a tiny hamlet in northern Italy to
continue drawing the people and landscape of the area. Although she
spend much time painting in countries such as France, Italy, England,
Ireland, Wales and India, she would continually make many trips back to
Australia as she maintained a deep affection for the bush that shaped
her childhood.
1971 -
London Hilton Art Gallery solo exhibition
1972 - Cremorne Gallery, Sydney exhibition.1973 - Australian Galleries,
Melbourne. Travelled for 18 months on a painting trip around Australia
1975 - Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1976 - Australian Galleries, Melbourne
She travelled to Europe visiting many countries including Thailand,
Afghanistan, Nepal and Turkey, settled in Wales where she built her
studio from 17th century ruins, based for 12 years whilst painting
throughout the United Kingdom and Europe made regular painting trips
back to Australia.
1977 - Phillip Bacon Galleries,
1977 -
Brisbane, Armidale City Art Gallery, New England
1978 - The Marches Gallery, Wales
1979 - Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1980 - Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney, Abercrombie Gallery, Melbourne
1983 - Qantas Gallery, London
1984 - Abercrombie Gallery, Melbourne
1985 - Marches Gallery, Wales
1986 - Boarder Arts Festival, Wales
1987 - Boarder Arts Festival, Wales, Painting trip to India and
throughout Australia
1988 - Returned to live permanently in Australia.
Celia has travelled extensively to paint the Australian bush, often
setting up camp in remote areas such as The Stirling Ranges in Western
Australia, the Flinders Ranges in South Australia and the Gulf and Cape
areas of Queensland. She believes that painting 'on the spot' enhances
the effect of the painting - capturing the light and atmosphere of the
landscape.
1990 - Exhibition at Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1991 - Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
1992 - Gould Galleries, Melbourne, moved to North Queensland.
1993 - Gould Galleries, Melbourne
1993 - Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1995 - Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1996 - Gould Galleries, Melbourne
1997 - Celia built her studio in the hill on the Sapphire Coast where
she now lives and works.
1999 - Galleria Aniela, Kangaroo Valley, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney.
2002 - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney.
2004 - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, Linton and Shaw Fine Art Gallery,
Perth
Public Collections:
Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, New England Regional Art Gallery,
Admirable
City Art Gallery, Croft Castle, Shropshire, England
Private Collections:
England, Ireland, France, Portugal,
Hong Kong, Japan, America |
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