John Perceval AO (1923-2000)
261A Mt Scanzi Road
Kangaroo Valley NSW 2577 Australia T: +612 4465 1494
www.galeriaaniela.com.au
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John Perceval, is one of the most important Australian artists, he became a good friend with Arthur Boyd, his brothers, Guy and David Boyd as well as Sidney Nolan and Albert Tucker. Perceval’s work first made an impact virtually as soon as he had begun to paint in the 1940s, at the age of nineteen, when he exhibited in Melbourne in 1942 at the Contemporary Art Society of Victoria, Australia (founded in 1938). By the 1950s and 1960s John Perceval work had developed further into an individual and consistent style giving him an artistic acclaim and financial success. |
 John Perceval (1923-2000) Ships at Williamstown Enlarge Oil on canvas 93.5 x 123.5 cm Price: $485,000 How to pay |
 John Perceval (1923-2000) Williamstown Fishermen's Enlarge Oil on canvas 82.5 x 102.5 cm Price: $165,000 How to pay |
 John Perceval (1923-2000) Sapphire-Blue Sunflowers Enlarge Oil on canvas 89 x 89 cm Price: $73,500 How to pay |
 John Perceval (1923-2000) Sunflowers Crimson Enlarge Oil on canvas 59.5 x 51.5 cm Price: $75,000 How to pay |
 John Perceval (1923-2000) Sunflowers on Gold Enlarge Oil on canvas 46.5 x 35.5 cm Price: $48,000 How to pay |
 John Perceval (1923-2000) Sunflowers on Blue Enlarge Oil on canvas 46.5 x 35.5 cm Price: $49,500 How to pay |
 John Perceval (1923-2000) FREE Sunflowers c.1989 Enlarge Oil on paper board 76.5 x 57.5 cm Price: $45,000 How to pay |
 John Perceval (1923-2000) Sunflowers on Purple Oil on canvas 61.5 x 51.5 cm SOLD |
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John Perceval played a major role in the Antipodean group in the late 1950s in Melbourne and in 1959 he signed the Antipodean Manifesto which determined the shape of Australian contemporary art. Antipodean group reacted strongly against the promoters of non-figurative painting who followed the trends in the United States and suggested that representational painting was unfashionable and outdated. In 30 June 2000 Sotheby's sold John Perceval "Scudding Swans" (Williamstown series)for $552,500 it was then a record for a living Australian painter. In March 2002 Dutscher Menzies sold John Perceval "Sulphur Smoke" for $596,600. |
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 Old Fishing Boat, Williamstown 1988-89 Oil on canvas 82.5 x 102.5 cm SOLD |
 Small Boats 1989-90 Oil on canvas 82x102cm SOLD |
 Pumpkin House Oil on canvas 82 x 102cm SOLD |
 Scudding Swans" Williamstown series Oil on canvas 82 x 102cm SOLD $552,500, Jun.2000 Sotheby's |
 Big Boat 1989-90 Oil on canvas, 82x102cm SOLD |
 Farmer Oil on canvas, 82x82cm SOLD |
 Brilliant Sunflowers Oil on canvas, 82x82cm SOLD |
 Sun in Wheatfield oil on canvas 80x80cm SOLD |
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lowing Sunflowers oil on canvas 63x52cm SOLD |
 Williamstown Fish 1990 oil on canvas SOLD |
 Summer Flowers oil on canvas SOLD |
 Girl with Bees Queen Bee oil on canvas SOLD |
 Williamstown Light House 82x102cm SOLD |
 Williamstown Boats & Light House 82x102cm SOLD |
 Williamstown Night Ship 1990 oil on canvas SOLD |
 Sunflowers oil on canvas 46x40cm SOLD |
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ABC TV VIDEO John Perceval major Retrospective held @ Galeria Aniela In 30 June Sotheby's sold John Perceval "Scudding Swans" (Williamstown series) for $552,500 it was then a record for a living Australian painter. In March 2002 Dutscher Menzies sold John Perceval "Sulphur Smoke" (Williamstown series) for $596,600. |
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SOLD Williamstown Fish 1990 oil on canvas |
SOLD The Big Boat oil 82x102cm |
SOLD Williamstown Night Ship 1990 oil on canvas |
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SOLD Williamstown Light House Detail 82x102cm |
SOLD Brilliant Sunflowers oil on canvas 80x80cm |
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. SOLD Girl with Bees Queen Bee oil on canvas |
SOLD Williamstown Light House Detail 82x102cm |
SOLD Farmer 1990 oil on canvas 60x76cm |
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SOLD Sun in Wheatfield oil on canvas 80x80cm |
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John Perceval (1923 - 2000) John Perceval has played a major role in the Antipodean group in the late 1950s in Melbourne and in 1959 he signed the Antipodean Manifesto which determined the shape of Australian contemporary art. Antipodean group reacted strongly against the promoters of non-figurative painting who followed the trends in the United States and suggested that representational painting was unfashionable and outdated. In 30 June 2000 Sotheby's sold John Perceval "Scudding Swans" (Williamstown series) for $552,500 it was then a record for a living Australian painter. In March 2002 Dutscher Menzies sold John Perceval "Sulphur Smoke" for $596,600. John de Burgh Perceval AO (1 February 1923 - 15 October 2000) was a well-known Australian artist. Perceval was the last surviving member of a group known as the Angry Penguins who redefined Australian art in the 1940s. Other members included John and Sunday Reed, Joy Hester, Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Albert Tucker. He was born Linwood Robert Steven South at Bruce Rock, Western Australia, the second child of Robert South (a wheat farmer) and Dorothy née Dolton. His parents separated in 1925 and he remained at his father’s farm until reunited with his mother in Melbourne in 1935. Following the marriage of his mother to William de Burgh Perceval, he changed his name to John and adopted the surname de Burgh Perceval. John Perceval moved to Melbourne with his mother in 1934 attending a local boarding school, Trinity Grammar, here he had his first access to a large library, where the school’s collection of art books left a profound impact on the teenager. Greatly influenced by Van Gogh’s famous painting of the same title, Perceval’s first work Sunflowers (1935) captures the essence of Van Gogh’s work but Perceval’s own flair can be seen in its depth and unique textural qualities. In 1938 Perceval contracted polio and was hospitalised, giving him the opportunity to further his skills at drawing and painting. When he contracted polio and was confined to a hospital bed, Perceval spent much of this time developing his skills in drawing and painting. Although he survived the infection, it seriously affected his neck muscles, speech patterns and left him with a permanent limp. These problems continued to give Perceval constant troubles throughout his life. Enlisting in the army in 1941, following the outbreak of war in the Pacific, Perceval was assigned to the Army Survey Corps when he was rejected as unfit for military duty. In the army Perceval first met and befriended Arthur Boyd. During this time he used his drawing skills to become a draughtsman and soon met other young artists such as Albert Tucker, Sidney Nolan and Arthur Boyd. Becoming a close friend with Boyd, Perceval later met his sister, Mary whom he married in 1944. His associations with Boyd also allowed him to be introduced to the well-known art patrons John and Sunday Reed who helped establish his name within Australia’s art circles. After leaving the army and moving into the Boyd family home at Open Country, Murrumbeena, he married Boyd's younger sister Mary in 1944. Together he and Mary Boyd produced four children. From 1943, and the aftermath of the war, Perceval began to produce joyful religious and genre paintings with richly textured surfaces. Although he was exhibiting regularly with the Contemporary Art Society, Perceval held his first one-man show at the Melbourne Book Club in 1948. Establishing a pottery workshop at Murrumbeena with Arthur Boyd and Peter Herbst in 1944, between 1949 and 1955, Perceval turned to ceramic work and created a series of angel figures. Returning to painting in 1956, Perceval produced a series of spontaneous images depicting Williamstown, Gaffney’s Creek and a range of seascapes. Perceval held his first solo exhibition at the Melbourne Book Club in 1948 and showed regularly with the Contemporary Art Society. Between 1949 and 1955 he concentrated on producing earthenware ceramics and helped to establish the Arthur Merric Boyd Pottery in Murrumbeena. Returning to painting in 1956 Perceval produced a series of images of Williamstown and Gaffney's Creek. In 1959, Perceval became a member of the Antipodeans, a group of self-taught Australian painters who dramatically changed the local art scene in the 1940s and 50s. Working alongside Arthur Boyd, Albert Tucker, Sidney Nolan and Joy Hester, during his time as an Antipodean Perceval worked with passionate intensity to put his strong responses to nature onto canvas. Proving to be one his most creative periods, his palette and style had matured greatly to show subtle contrasts in tone and vibrant use of colour. In 1961 he began to receive wider recognition and was asked to contribute to the renowned Whitechapel Gallery’s 50 Australian Painters show in London. His work was also included in the 1962 Rebels and Precursors in Australia, London’s Tate Gallery in 1963 and later at Brazil’s Museum of Modern Art. Moving to England in 1963 Perceval held solo exhibitions in London, and travelled to Europe, before returning to Australia in 1965 to take up the first Australian National University Creative Fellowship (Australian National University Creative Fellowship in Canberra). John Perceval, a major retrospective exhibition, was held at Albert Hall, Canberra in 1966. Author Margaret Plant's monograph John Perceval, was published in 1971.
However,
despite his rising success, Perceval was tackling serious health
problems. In 1977 he was admitted to a Melbourne psychiatric
institution where was diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent
nearly ten years of his life.
Suffering from alcoholism and schizophrenia in 1974 Perceval committed himself to the psychiatric hospital Larundel, Melbourne, where he remained until 1981.
After
Perceval left the hospital he began again to produce jubilant
and brilliant paintings with richly textured surfaces which
brought him fame in the 50’s in his early artistic acclaim.
Perceval produced the prestigious Sunflowers series and also
continued his bellowed Williamstown series of paintings.
John Perceval established very strong emotional connection with
Williamstown, a small Melbourne Harbour. Williamstown paintings
formed Perceval first major show in 1956 bringing Perceval an
immediate artistic acclaim and financial success. Perceval early
Williamstown paintings are in the prestigious permanent
collection of the
National Gallery of Victoria
(Melbourne) and the
Heide Art Gallery, Victoria (John and Sunday Reed Collection). In 2000 Perceval held his last major retrospective at Galeria Aniela. Perceval continued with his art until his death in 2000. As the last of the original core of the Antipodeans, his death was considered a great tragedy. Prior to his death Scudding Swans (1959) sold for $552,500, a record for a living Australian painter. Perceval is survived by his four children, all of whom Celia Perceval, Tessa Perceval and Matthew Perceval are practicing artists today. |
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Arthur Boyd, John Perceval, Charles Blackman and David Boyd are the most important Australian artists, they (with John Brack, Robert Dickerson and Clifton Pugh), signed Antipodean Manifesto in 1959 which determined the shape of Australian contemporary art. Perceval became a good friend with Arthur, his brothers, Guy and David as well as Sidney Nolan and Albert Tucker. Perceval’s work first made an impact virtually as soon as he had begun to paint in the 1940s, when he exhibited at the Contemporary Art Society in Melbourne in 1942 at the age of nineteen. By the 1950s and 1960s Perceval work had developed to become an individual and consistent style and he made his artistic and financial success. He played a major role in the Antipodean group in the late 1950s in Melbourne. Antipodean group reacted strongly against the promoters of non-figurative painting who followed the trends in the United States and suggested that representational painting was unfashionable and outdated.
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The following Australian commercial galleries may have Perceval art: www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au/perceval.html |
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