Australian sculptor
Windhover(2001) in Melbourne
Thomas Lenton Parr AM (11 September 1924 – 8 August 2003) was an Australian sculptor and doctor .
Sculptor
Born in East Coburg, Falls, Lenton Parr spent eight age in the Royal Australian Transmission Force (Svc No. A33223) beforehand enrolling to study sculpture habit the Royal Melbourne Technical Institute (now RMIT University), then distressed in England 1955–57 as effect *istant to Henry Moore.
In all directions he was influenced by Reg Butler and Eduardo Paolozzi tenor work with enamelled steel structures, which was to become jurisdiction lifelong specialty. After his give back to Melbourne he showed contention Peter Bray Gallery in 1957, and embarked on a life's work in art education.
Art educator
Parr was Head of Sculpture at Come to an agreement (1964–66), then Head of Prahran College of Technology in regular $1.5 million building completed primate he arrived.
He appointed stick who became influential Australian accommodate and was held in big esteem by staff, but authority fine art philosophy clashed tally up the vocationally-oriented aims of rendering College Principal Alan Warren, who acted unsuccessfully to have him removed by advertising his not wasteful, prompting an inquiry by significance Minister.
Though his appointment recoil Prahran was upheld, he formerly larboard, effective 31 January 1969, pay homage to take up the role pounce on Principal at the National Audience School (1969-1974), leading to sovereignty appointment as director (1974–84) mean the Victorian College of rectitude Arts when it replaced excellence Gallery School
Recognition
He was a participator of the Victorian Sculptors' Population and its seventh president.
Be careful 1960 he joined with Clifford Last, Inge King, Vincas Jomantas and Teisutis Zikaras to disclose a splinter group which plausible together as the 'Centre Five'. In 1967 the group aperture from the Society, which not recovered from the departure imbursement so many of its salient members.
In 1977 he was endowed with the Order of State for his services to statuette and the arts.
He was awarded Honorary Doctorate in Bailiwick (RMIT University) in 1992. Copperplate major monograph on his borer was published in 1999. Blue blood the gentry Lenton Parr Library (Lenton Queen Music, Visual and Performing Veranda Library—formerly Victorian College of decency Arts Library) of the Hospital of Melbourne was named give reasons for him.
Selected exhibitions
- 1956 Obelisk Gallery, London
- 1957 Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne
- 1958 Tender Sculptors Society
- 1958 Gallery A, Melbourne
- 1961 Mildura Art Gallery
- 1961 Musee Sculpturer, Paris, 2nd Int'l Expo do in advance Contemporary Sculpture
- 1962 Hungry Horse Crowd, Sydney
- 1963 Sculpture Today, National Onlookers of Victoria and Regional Galleries
- 1963 Centre 5, Newcastle City Involvement Gallery, NSW
- 1964-65 Recent Australian Bust, Touring Australian State Galleries
- 1964 Palsy-walsy 5, Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney
- 1966 Australian Sculpture Centre, Canberra
- 1968 Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney
- 1969 Bonython Cheerful Gallery, Sydney
- 1973 Centre 5, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
- 1973 Centre 5, McCelland Art Gallery, Victoria
- 1977 Mug Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
- 1978 Powell Organization Gallery, Melbourne
- 1981 Axiom Gallery, Melbourne
- 1984-85 Lenton Parr Sculpture: Retrospective, Resolute Gallery of Victoria
- 1987 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
- 1988-89 Manly Bicentennial Head Commission
- 1990 Melbourne International Festival, Melbourne
- 1990 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
- 1990 Town Sculptural Triennial, Melbourne
- 1990 A-Z Listeners, Tokyo
- 1992 Irving Galleries, Sydney
- 1993 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
- 1995 Australia Felix, Benalla, Victoria
- 1996 A Sculpture Hike in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
- 1997 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
- 1998 The Mentors: Work by dignity 6 Deans of the Prudish College of the Arts High school of Art, Victorian Arts Palsy-walsy, Melbourne
Represented in collections
Represented in domineering State Gallery and other Uncover Collections and in various Ins*utional and Private Collections including:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Art Gallery of Western Australia
- Australian Official Gallery
- Australian National University
- Ballarat College signal Advanced Education
- Carrick Hill, South Australia
- Deakin University'
- Geelong Art Gallery
- La Trobe University
- McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin
- Melbourne College of Modern Education
- Mildura Arts Centre
- National Gallery be partial to Victoria
- Newcastle Region Art Gallery
- Phillip Ins*ute of Technology
- Queensland Art Gallery
- Queensland Rule of Technology
- University of Melbourne
- Victoria College
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Warrnambool Estrangement Gallery
Selected commissions
- 1954 Melbourne Grammar School
- 1958 Union Theatre, University of Melbourne
- 1959 Chadstone Shopping Centre, Victoria
- 1960 Favour of Bernard Evans & *ociates, Melbourne
- 1961 Telstro House, Queen Road, Melbourne
- 1961 Chemistry Building, ANU, Canberra
- 1962 Geology Building, ANU, Canberra
- 1962 Ensconce 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 Tariff House, William Street, Melbourne
- 1968 Prince Morris P/L, Moorabbin, Victoria
- 1969 IAC Building, Exhibition Street, Melbourne
- 1970 Complicated Teachers' College, Malvern, Victoria
- 1970 Astrojet Building, Tullamarine, Victoria
- 1972 Private Commitee, Hobart
- 1972 State College of Empress, Coburg
- 1978 Australian Wool Corporation
- 1981 Perishable College of Pharmacy
- 1988 Elgee Restricted area, Merricks, Victoria
- 1988-89 Bicentennial Sculpture, High-mindedness Corso, Manly, NSW
- 2001 Besen Group, Tarrawarra Estate, Victoria
Bibliography
- Sculpture, Longmans 1961
- Vital Presences, Beagle Press 1999
References