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Australian Prints + Printmaking

Percy Leason

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Name

Percy Leason

Other names

Leason, Percival Alexander.

Culture

American | Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

23 February 1889

Birth place

Kaniva, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Death date

11 September 1959

Death Place

New York, United States View on map Close map

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Movements

USA from 1939; Europe 1957

Occupations

Artist (painter) | Artist (water-colouristist) | Cartoonist | Drawer | Illustrator | Lithographer (apprentice) | Printmaker | Teacher

Summary

Worked: Australia (VIC, NSW), USA. Etchings, Monotypes

NGA IRN

21944

Context

Australia

Biography

Percy Leason was apprenticed as a lithographer to Melbourne printers Sands & McDougall. On completion he established worked as a jobbing lithographer before establishing Dhow Studio in Market Street, Melbourne with Jim Adam, Virgil Reilly, and the process engraver Ben Courtin.

Last Updated

07 Jul 2025