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John Perceval AO
Biography
John Perceval AO (1923-2000) was a painter and ceramic artist. Early on, along with Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Albert Tucker, he was part of a loose group of largely self-taught Australian artists, now known as the Angry Penguins, who rebelled against the conservatism of the art establishment.
10 portraits in the collection
John Perceval
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1961
Sketch for portrait of John Perceval, c. 1962
John Brack
Portrait, charcoal on Paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Helen Brack 2012
Sketch for portrait of John Perceval, c. 1962
John Brack
Portrait, charcoal pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Helen Brack 2012
John Perceval painting 'Veronica and the Conspirators', 1967
Mark Strizic
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
John Perceval, 1985
Rick Amor
Portrait, black conte on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
John Perceval, 1985
Rick Amor
Portrait, black conte on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
John Perceval, 1999
Thomas de Kessler
Portrait, ink, coloured pencil, gouache, crayon and fibre-tipped pen on single mount board with gold coloured ink border
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Thomas de Kessler 2001
John Perceval, 1985
Rick Amor
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
John Perceval painting, 1958
Fred Williams
Portrait, drypoint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of James Mollison AO 2007
The Last of the Angry Penguins - John Perceval, 1999
Thomas de Kessler
Portrait, ink, coloured pencil, gouache, crayon and fibre-tipped pen on double layer mount board with gold coloured ink border
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Thomas de Kessler 2001
Sketch of Clifton Pugh painting John Perceval, 1985
Rick Amor
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2016
Melbourne experience
Magazine article by Diana Warnes, 2007
Diana Warnes explores the lives of Hal and Katherine 'Kate' Hattam through their portraits painted by Fred Williams and Clifton Pugh.
Painters' paradise
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2007
Andrew Sayers feels the warmth in the paintings Matthew Perceval made while the sun shone in southern France.
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John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns], 1866
Edouard Gatel
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Opening of the First Legislative Council of Victoria by Governor Charles Joseph LaTrobe at St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street West, Melbourne November 13th 1851, 1883
John Noone after William Strutt
Portrait, photolithograph on paper
Purchased 2013