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Established in 1994 Galeria Aniela won the trust of some of the most important Australian artists including Arthur Boyd, Jamie Boyd,  Andrew Sibley, Alan Somerville, Bogdan Fialkowski, Charles Blackman, Celia Perceval, Col Henry, Danielle Legge, David Boyd, Dino Rogliani, Garry Shead, Gaye Spencer, Janusz Kuzbicki, John Olsen, John de Burgh Perceval, Kinga Rypinska, Lenore Boyd, Michael Vaynman, Nathaniel Boyd, Pamela Griffith, Pin Hsun Hsiang, Peter Smith, Robin Holliday, Ray Crooke, Regina Noakes, Susan Weaver, Tessa Perceval and many Aboriginal artists. Galeria Aniela specializes in selling to a world wide buyer base high-quality art by renowned artists. We combine art and financial expertise, to deliver to collectors, investors and institutions unique art investments. We recognize the importance of a buyer confidence in purchasing an authentic original work of art, we sell items only of impeccable provenance and quality. Our people focused approach ensures an enjoyable and a rewarding experience.

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Tessa Perceval b.1947 biography

Tessa Perceval born in Melbourne in 1947, is the eldest daughter of John Perceval and wife Mary Boyd (sister of Arthur Boyd), now Lady Nolan.

Tessa's father, John de Burgh Perceval AO (1923-2000) was a very famous Australian artist and the last surviving member of a group known as the Angry Penguins who redefined Australian art in the 1940s.

Other members included Arthur Boyd, David Boyd, John and Sunday Reed, Joy Hester, Sidney Nolan and Albert Tucker.
the ABC TV National News Perceval Retrospective in Galeria Aniela, August 2000
 VIDEO: ABC TV National News John Perceval Retrospective exhibition Tessa's father		 the ABC TV National News, the Best of Boyd exhibition at Galeria Aniela May 1997
 VIDEO: ABC National TV News Tessa Perceval exhibition 		ABC TV Sunday Afternoon Boyd exhibition in Galeria Aniela
 VIDEO: ABC TV Sunday Afternoon Art, Tessa Perceval exhibition

TESSA PERCEVAL Biography Tessa Perceval b.1947, Bluebells in Spring Woods, South Wales in Afternoon Light

Tessa Perceval spent her childhood in Melbourne enjoying the family background of painting and pottery before going to London with her family in 1963. Upon the family returned to Australia in 1965 she began painting professionally.

Tessa held her first solo exhibition in London in 1971 and since then she has exhibited widely in Australia and England. Throughout her career spanning 40 years as a landscape painter she has travelled extensively, painting on location in Australia, England, France, Italy, Holland, Spain, Corfu, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Tessa’s work is in many private collections internationally and in public collections in Australia. She now lives in with her husband and two sons in Herefordshire on the South Wales Border returning to Australia periodically.

EXHIBITIONS:
 1971, Hilton Gallery, London;
1972, Australian Galleries, Melbourne; Tessa Perceval  WATER LILIES
1973, Australian Galleries, Melbourne;
Since 1974, her work has been represented in numerous prestigious Group Exhibitions in Australia and England.
1976, Australian Galleries, Melbourne;
1976, Bonython Galleries, Sydney;
1977 Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle, NSW;
1977 Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane;
1978 Australian Galleries, Melbourne;
1979 Qantas Gallery, London; 1979 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney;
1980 Chapel Vale Cellars, South Australia; 1981 Abercrombie Galleries, Melbourne;
1995 Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle, NSW;
1997 The Best of Boyd’s Reaching Beyond the Time, Galeria Aniela Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
2005 The Boyd’s - An Artistic Dynasty since 1858 – Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney;
2005 The Boyd’s – Solander Gallery, Canberra.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:Tessa Perceval b.1947 Bush Creek waterfall

PUBLICATIONS REFERENCE:
 The Art of the Boyd’s, P.Dobrez & P.Herbst; Artists and Galleries of Australia M.Germaine; Dictionary of Woman Artists of Australia, M.Germaine; The Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, McCullock; The Journal Of Australian Art, 1990; The Boyds: Post Colonial Retrospective, P.Dobrez; Australian Art Auction Records, E. Craig; Australian Art Sales Digest www.aasd.com.au

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