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The [[Lenton Parr Library]] (Lenton Parr Music, Visual and Performing Arts Library—formerly Victorian College of the Arts Library) of the [[University of Melbourne]] was named for him. |
The [[Lenton Parr Library]] (Lenton Parr Music, Visual and Performing Arts Library—formerly Victorian College of the Arts Library) of the [[University of Melbourne]] was named for him. |
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==Selected exhibitions== |
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1956 Obelisk Gallery, London |
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1957 Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne |
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1958 Victorian Sculptors Society |
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1958 Gallery A, Melbourne |
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1961 Mildura Art Gallery |
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1961 Musee Rodin, Paris, 2nd Int'l Expo of Contemporary Sculpture |
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1962 Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney |
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1963 Sculpture Today, National Gallery of Victoria and Regional Galleries |
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1963 Centre 5, Newcastle City Art Gallery, NSW |
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1964-65 Recent Australian Sculpture, Touring Australian State Galleries |
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1964 Centre 5, Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney |
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1966 Australian Sculpture Centre, Canberra |
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1968 Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney |
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1969 Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney |
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1973 Centre 5, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria |
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1973 Centre 5, McCelland Art Gallery, Victoria |
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1977 Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane |
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1978 Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne |
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1981 Axiom Gallery, Melbourne |
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1984-85 Lenton Parr Sculpture: Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria |
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1987 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne |
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1988-89 Manly Bicentennial Sculpture Commission |
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1990 Melbourne International Festival, Melbourne |
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1990 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne |
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1990 Melbourne Sculptural Triennial, Melbourne |
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1990 A-Z Gallery, Tokyo |
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1992 Irving Galleries, Sydney |
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1993 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne |
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1995 Australia Felix, Benalla, Victoria |
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1996 A Sculpture Walk in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne |
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1997 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne |
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1998 The Mentors: Work by the 6 Deans of the Victorian College of the Arts School of Art, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne |
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==Represented in collections== |
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Represented in most State Gallery and other Public Collections and in various Institutional and Private Collections including: |
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Art Gallery of New South Wales |
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Art Gallery of Western Australia |
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Australian National Gallery |
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Australian National University |
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Ballarat College of Advanced Education |
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Carrick Hill, South Australia |
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Deakin University' |
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Geelong Art Gallery |
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La Trobe University |
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McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin |
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Melbourne College of Advanced Education |
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Mildura Arts Centre |
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National Gallery of Victoria |
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Newcastle Region Art Gallery |
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Phillip Institute of Technology |
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Queensland Art Gallery |
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Queensland University of Technology |
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University of Melbourne |
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Victoria College |
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Victorian College of the Arts |
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Warrnambool Art Gallery |
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==Selected Commissions== |
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1954 Melbourne Grammar School |
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1958 Union Theatre, University of Melbourne |
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1959 Chadstone Shopping Centre, Victoria |
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1960 Offices of Bernard Evans & Associates, Melbourne |
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1961 Telstro House, Queen Street, Melbourne |
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1961 Chemistry Building, ANU, Canberra |
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1962 Geology Building, ANU, Canberra |
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1962 State Savings Bank, Showgrounds Branch, Melbourne |
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1963 ‘Age’ offices, Collins Street, Melbourne |
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1964 Burwood Teachers’ College, Burwood, Victoria |
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1964 John Curtin Memorial Building, ANU, Canberra |
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1965 General Motors - Holden, Fishermen’s Bend, Melbourne |
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1966 New Customs House, William Street, Melbourne |
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1968 Philip Morris P/L, Moorabbin, Victoria |
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1969 IAC Building, Exhibition Street, Melbourne |
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1970 Technical Teachers’ College, Malvern, Victoria |
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1970 Astrojet Building, Tullamarine, Victoria |
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1972 Private Commission, Hobart |
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1972 State College of Victoria, Coburg |
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1978 Australian Wool Corporation |
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1981 Victorian College of Pharmacy |
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1988 Elgee Park, Merricks, Victoria |
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1988-89 Bicentennial Sculpture, The Corso, Manly, NSW |
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2001 Besen Collection, Tarrawarra Estate, Victoria |
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==Recognition== |
==Recognition== |
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In 1977 he was invested with the Order of Australia for his services to sculpture and the arts. He was awarded Honorary Doctorate in Arts (RMIT University) in 1992. A major monograph on his work was published in 1999.<ref>Parr, Lenton & Edwards, Geoffrey (Geoffrey Robert) (1999). Lenton Parr : vital presences. Beagle Press, Roseville, N.S.W</ref> |
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He was awarded Honorary D Arts (RMIT University) in 1992. |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
Revision as of 13:11, 11 July 2015
Lenton Parr (11 September 1924 – 8 August 2003) was an Australian sculptor and teacher born in East Coburg, Victoria.[1]
He spent eight years in the Royal Australian Air Force before enrolling to study sculpture at the Royal Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT University), then worked in England 1955–57 as an assistant to Henry Moore. There he was influenced by Reg Butler and Eduardo Paolozzi to work with enamelled steel structures, which was to become his lifelong specialty. After his return to Melbourne he showed at Peter Bray Gallery in 1957, and embarked on a career in art education which culminated in his appointment as director (1974–84) of the Victorian College of the Arts.[2]
He was a member of the Victorian Sculptors' Society and its seventh president. Around 1960 he joined with Clifford Last, Inge King, Vincas Jomantas and Teisutis Zikaras to form a splinter group which exhibited together as the 'Centre Five'. In 1967 the group split from the Society, which never recovered from the departure of so many of its prominent members.[3]
The Lenton Parr Library (Lenton Parr Music, Visual and Performing Arts Library—formerly Victorian College of the Arts Library) of the University of Melbourne was named for him.
Selected exhibitions
1956 Obelisk Gallery, London 1957 Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne 1958 Victorian Sculptors Society 1958 Gallery A, Melbourne 1961 Mildura Art Gallery 1961 Musee Rodin, Paris, 2nd Int'l Expo of Contemporary Sculpture 1962 Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney 1963 Sculpture Today, National Gallery of Victoria and Regional Galleries 1963 Centre 5, Newcastle City Art Gallery, NSW 1964-65 Recent Australian Sculpture, Touring Australian State Galleries 1964 Centre 5, Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney 1966 Australian Sculpture Centre, Canberra 1968 Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney 1969 Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney 1973 Centre 5, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria 1973 Centre 5, McCelland Art Gallery, Victoria 1977 Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane 1978 Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne 1981 Axiom Gallery, Melbourne 1984-85 Lenton Parr Sculpture: Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria 1987 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne 1988-89 Manly Bicentennial Sculpture Commission 1990 Melbourne International Festival, Melbourne 1990 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne 1990 Melbourne Sculptural Triennial, Melbourne 1990 A-Z Gallery, Tokyo 1992 Irving Galleries, Sydney 1993 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne 1995 Australia Felix, Benalla, Victoria 1996 A Sculpture Walk in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne 1997 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne 1998 The Mentors: Work by the 6 Deans of the Victorian College of the Arts School of Art, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
Represented in collections
Represented in most State Gallery and other Public Collections and in various Institutional and Private Collections including: Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery of Western Australia Australian National Gallery Australian National University Ballarat College of Advanced Education Carrick Hill, South Australia Deakin University' Geelong Art Gallery La Trobe University McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin Melbourne College of Advanced Education Mildura Arts Centre
National Gallery of Victoria
Newcastle Region Art Gallery Phillip Institute of Technology Queensland Art Gallery Queensland University of Technology University of Melbourne Victoria College
Victorian College of the Arts Warrnambool Art Gallery
Selected Commissions
1954 Melbourne Grammar School 1958 Union Theatre, University of Melbourne 1959 Chadstone Shopping Centre, Victoria 1960 Offices of Bernard Evans & Associates, Melbourne 1961 Telstro House, Queen Street, Melbourne 1961 Chemistry Building, ANU, Canberra 1962 Geology Building, ANU, Canberra 1962 State Savings Bank, Showgrounds Branch, Melbourne 1963 ‘Age’ offices, Collins Street, Melbourne 1964 Burwood Teachers’ College, Burwood, Victoria 1964 John Curtin Memorial Building, ANU, Canberra 1965 General Motors - Holden, Fishermen’s Bend, Melbourne 1966 New Customs House, William Street, Melbourne 1968 Philip Morris P/L, Moorabbin, Victoria 1969 IAC Building, Exhibition Street, Melbourne 1970 Technical Teachers’ College, Malvern, Victoria 1970 Astrojet Building, Tullamarine, Victoria 1972 Private Commission, Hobart 1972 State College of Victoria, Coburg 1978 Australian Wool Corporation 1981 Victorian College of Pharmacy 1988 Elgee Park, Merricks, Victoria 1988-89 Bicentennial Sculpture, The Corso, Manly, NSW 2001 Besen Collection, Tarrawarra Estate, Victoria
Recognition
In 1977 he was invested with the Order of Australia for his services to sculpture and the arts. He was awarded Honorary Doctorate in Arts (RMIT University) in 1992. A major monograph on his work was published in 1999.[4]
Bibliography
- Sculpture, Longmans 1961
- Vital Presences, Beagle Press 1999
References
- ^ http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/collection/pub/artistItemListing?artistID=6376 National Gallery of Victoria
- ^ http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=42902&PICTAUS=TRUE National Gallery of Australia
- ^ http://www.sculptorsvictoria.asn.au/association_history.php
- ^ Parr, Lenton & Edwards, Geoffrey (Geoffrey Robert) (1999). Lenton Parr : vital presences. Beagle Press, Roseville, N.S.W