Leon Morrocco
Leon Morrocco
Christmas Lilies and Blue Vase, 1986
Leon Morrocco (born 1942)
gouache and pastel on paper on board
110 x 150 cm (frame: 122 x 162 cm)
signed and dated lower left
Exhibited: Leon Morrocco, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 7th -28th July 1986, cat no. 8
$1,750
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Leon Morrocco was born in Edinburgh and studied at Duncan of Jordanstone, Slade, and Edinburgh Colleges of Art. In 1968 he won a scholarship to study at the Accademia di Brera in Milan. He was lecturer in drawing and painting at Edinburgh College of Art and Glasgow School of Art 1965-1979. In 1979 he moved to Melbourne, Australia as Head of the Department of Fine Art at Chisholm Institute. From 1984 he painted full time. In 1991 he moved back to Britain. In 1998 a monograph on his life and work, Leon Morrocco: Journeys and Observations was published.
Morrocco’s work can be found in many notable collections, including The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, The Scottish Arts Council, Leeds Art Gallery and Queensland Art Gallery.