Norman Lloyd (artist)
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Norman Lloyd was an Australia
n landscape painter.
Norman Lloyd was born in 1895 near Newcastle, New South Wales
, where he attended primary school. He left school in 1911 and started to work and study painting with Julian Ashton
and James R. Jackson
in Sydney.
On his 21st birthday in 1916 he enlisted with the Australian Imperial Forces and was transported to Europe where he was seriously wounded in battle a year later. After returning to Sydney in February 1918, he took up painting lessons at the Julian Ashton Art School again. From 1921 to 1926, Lloyd exhibited with galleries in Sydney and Melbourne, showing landscapes and Sydney harbour scenes painted in the more traditional style of his teachers.
From 1926 to 1929, Norman Lloyd visited Europe and travelled widely in Italy and France, exhibiting in the UK, France
and Australia
, culminating in a solo exhibition at Macquarie Galleries
in Sydney.
In the 1930s, Lloyd migrated to London
with his wife Edith for good, setting up a boarding house in upmarket St Johns Wood and establishing himself quickly in the new society, being a kind, generous and interested man with a broad horizon. His mansion became a meeting point and home for many Australian expats, among them painters Will Ashton
, Alison Rehfisch
and George Duncan
. The Lloyds hosted pianist Nancy Weir
, and war correspondent Harold Fyffe was a close friend, who introduced Lloyd to H G Wells and George Bernard Shaw
.
Lloyd established himself also professionally, when he was elected member of the exclusive Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) in 1936 and of the London Sketch Club
, over which he presided during 1941 to 1942.
He also kept his connection with Australia by becoming a Fellow of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales, and in 1949 Henry Hanke’s portrait of Norman Lloyd was chosen to be hung in the Archibald Prize of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
From 1933 until 1970, Lloyd exhibited regularly with the ROI, and showed at the Royal Academy of London. The titles testify of Lloyd’s love for mediterranean Europe - Italy, Spain, France, Turkey and Morocco, inspiring joyful land, sea and mountainscapes, in a style that evoked impressionism. Lloyd was a prolific painter who was able to paint fast, preferring textural oil and pastels.
From 1947 onwards, Lloyd spent the summers with Zénaide Chaumette - whom he had met in Paris after the war - in the heart of France in Chassignolles. This liaison strengthened his connection with France and probably led to his exhibiting at several Salons of the Société des Artistes Français from 1947 until 1962, and also at the Salon d’Hiver in Paris.
After the death of Zénaide Chaumette in 1954, Lloyd was willed Chaumette’s house in Chassignolles until he died, and it seems that he moved to Chassignolles permanently in 1974, at the age of 80. It appears that he later returned to London to live where he died on 5 March 1983. The ‘Times’ of London printed a short obituary.
In 1989, 1990, Lloyd’s work was shown at Savill Galleries in Sydney alongside a number of important Australian artists. In 1990 Christopher Day Gallery, Sydney, dedicated a solo exhibition to Norman Lloyd, and 1991 saw his work again at a group exhibition in Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne.
Lloyd’s work is now represented in the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the
Queensland Art Gallery, the University of Sydney Art Collection and numerous private collections in Australia, Europe and US.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n landscape painter.
Norman Lloyd was born in 1895 near Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
, where he attended primary school. He left school in 1911 and started to work and study painting with Julian Ashton
Julian Ashton
Julian Rossi Ashton was an Australian artist and teacher, known for his support of the Heidelberg School and for his influential art school in Sydney....
and James R. Jackson
James R. Jackson
James Richard "Jim" Jackson was an American mathematician, well known for his contribution to queueing theory....
in Sydney.
On his 21st birthday in 1916 he enlisted with the Australian Imperial Forces and was transported to Europe where he was seriously wounded in battle a year later. After returning to Sydney in February 1918, he took up painting lessons at the Julian Ashton Art School again. From 1921 to 1926, Lloyd exhibited with galleries in Sydney and Melbourne, showing landscapes and Sydney harbour scenes painted in the more traditional style of his teachers.
From 1926 to 1929, Norman Lloyd visited Europe and travelled widely in Italy and France, exhibiting in the UK, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, culminating in a solo exhibition at Macquarie Galleries
Macquarie Galleries
Macquarie Galleries was a Sydney, Australia private art gallery established in 1925 by John Henry Young and Basil Burdett. It was located at "Strathkyle", 19 Bligh Street Sydney then moved to 40 King Street in 1945....
in Sydney.
In the 1930s, Lloyd migrated to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
with his wife Edith for good, setting up a boarding house in upmarket St Johns Wood and establishing himself quickly in the new society, being a kind, generous and interested man with a broad horizon. His mansion became a meeting point and home for many Australian expats, among them painters Will Ashton
Will Ashton
Sir John William "Will" Ashton OBE, ROI was a British-Australian artist and Director of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1937 to 1945.-Early life:...
, Alison Rehfisch
Alison Rehfisch
Alison Baily Rehfisch was an Australian painter born in Sydney. She was born Alison Baily Green in Woollahra, Sydney, and grew up in Mosman. Her mother, who was a proficient sculptor, painter and musician, encouraged her interest in painting and drawing...
and George Duncan
George Duncan (painter)
George Bernard Duncan was an Australian painter born in Aotearoa, New Zealand.He studied around 1925 under Dattilo Rubbo at the Royal Art Society. It was here he met Alison Rehfisch and they began sharing studio space....
. The Lloyds hosted pianist Nancy Weir
Nancy Weir
Nancy Mary Weir was an Australian pianist and teacher.-Biography:Nancy was born in Kew, Melbourne on 13 July 1915. Her father was a publican who ran a small hotel in Lockhart, near Wagga Wagga, and Nancy grew up "behind the bar" as she said. She studied piano with Ada Corder in Melbourne...
, and war correspondent Harold Fyffe was a close friend, who introduced Lloyd to H G Wells and George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
.
Lloyd established himself also professionally, when he was elected member of the exclusive Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) in 1936 and of the London Sketch Club
London Sketch Club
The London Sketch Club was founded on 1 April 1898 as a social club for artists working in the field of commercial graphic art, mainly for newspapers, periodicals and books. The founder members were Dudley Hardy, Phil May, Walter Fowler, Lance Thackeray, Cecil Aldin, W Sanders Fiske, Walter...
, over which he presided during 1941 to 1942.
He also kept his connection with Australia by becoming a Fellow of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales, and in 1949 Henry Hanke’s portrait of Norman Lloyd was chosen to be hung in the Archibald Prize of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
From 1933 until 1970, Lloyd exhibited regularly with the ROI, and showed at the Royal Academy of London. The titles testify of Lloyd’s love for mediterranean Europe - Italy, Spain, France, Turkey and Morocco, inspiring joyful land, sea and mountainscapes, in a style that evoked impressionism. Lloyd was a prolific painter who was able to paint fast, preferring textural oil and pastels.
From 1947 onwards, Lloyd spent the summers with Zénaide Chaumette - whom he had met in Paris after the war - in the heart of France in Chassignolles. This liaison strengthened his connection with France and probably led to his exhibiting at several Salons of the Société des Artistes Français from 1947 until 1962, and also at the Salon d’Hiver in Paris.
After the death of Zénaide Chaumette in 1954, Lloyd was willed Chaumette’s house in Chassignolles until he died, and it seems that he moved to Chassignolles permanently in 1974, at the age of 80. It appears that he later returned to London to live where he died on 5 March 1983. The ‘Times’ of London printed a short obituary.
In 1989, 1990, Lloyd’s work was shown at Savill Galleries in Sydney alongside a number of important Australian artists. In 1990 Christopher Day Gallery, Sydney, dedicated a solo exhibition to Norman Lloyd, and 1991 saw his work again at a group exhibition in Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne.
Lloyd’s work is now represented in the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the
Queensland Art Gallery, the University of Sydney Art Collection and numerous private collections in Australia, Europe and US.
Curriculum Vitae
- 1895 16 October, born in Hamilton near Newcastle, NSW, Education at Hamilton School
- 1911 Leaves home. Various manual jobs. Studies with James R. Jackson and Julian Ashton
- 1916 Enlists in the Australian Imperial Force on his 21st birthday. Serves as Private in the 19th Battalion
- 1916 Embarks on 11 November on the HMAT Suevic in Sydney
- 1917 20 September, seriously wounded at Polygon Wood
- 1918 14 February, returns to Sydney on HMAT Runic
- 1918 14 May, discharged from Forces for medical reasons
- 1918 Studies painting again with Julian Ashton at the Julian Ashton Academy in Sydney
- 1921 Exhibition of oil paintings of Sydney Harbour at Decoration Galleries, Melbourne
- 1922 Exhibition at Fine Art Galleries, Melbourne
- 1924 Exhibition at Anthony Hordern with the Younger Group of Australian Artists
- 1925 Second Exhibition at Anthony Hordern with the Younger Group of Australian Artists
- 1925? Returns to Europe to study and travel
- 1926 Exhibition at Macquarie Galleries, Sydney in June. Exhibition at Dunster Galleries, Sydney
- 1926 – 29 Travels in Europe and England. Lloyd exhibits works at the Royal Academy, the Paris Salon, the Liverpool and Glasgow galleries. Receives an invitation to show at the International Society’s Gallery at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1929 Exhibition of selected works at the Paris Salon, Société des Artistes Français “Views of Australia”
- 1929 Solo Exhibitions at Macquarie Galleries, Sydney. Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne
- 1930 - 1974 Lives in London, St John's Wood, at 66 Avenue Road, then 61 Marlborough Place and later on 63 Marlborough Place
- 1931 Exhibition at Leger’s Gallery, Old Bond Street, London
- 1932 Exhibits works with the Royal Institute of Oil painters, London
- 1933 Exhibition at Leger’s Gallery, Old Bond Street, London
- 1933 Exhibits works with the Royal Institute of Oil painters, London (ROI)
- 1933 Exhibits paintings at the Royal Academy, London
- 1934 Listed in ‘Who’s Who in Art – 1934’
- 1934 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1935 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1936 Member of the ROI
- 1936 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1937 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1938 Listed with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and as Fellow of the Royal Society of Artists (FRSA)
- 1938 Exhibits works at the Royal Academy, London
- 1938 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1939 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1940 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1941- 1942 President of the London Sketch Club
- 1940 Royal Academy of Arts, United Artists’ Exhibition
- 1944 Liaison officer in Paris after the liberation of France, meets Zenaïde Chaumette
- 1944 - 1974 Regular visits to Chassignolles
- 1947 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1947 Exhibits works at Le Salon, Société des Artistes Français
- 1948 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1949 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1949 Exhibits works at Le Salon, Société des Artistes Français
- 1949 Exhibits at Salon d’Hiver
- 1950 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1950 Exhibits works at Le Salon, Société des Artistes Français
- 1951 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1951 Exhibits works at Le Salon, Société des Artistes Français
- 1951 Exhibits at Salon d’Hiver
- 1952 Exhibits works at Le Salon, Société des Artistes Français
- 1953 Exhibits works at Le Salon, Société des Artistes Français
- 1953 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1954 Exhibits works at Le Salon, Société des Artistes Français
- 1954 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1955 Exhibits works at Le Salon, Société des Artistes Français
- 1956 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1962 Exhibits works at Le Salon, Société des Artistes Français
- 1963 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1964 Michael KmitMichael KmitMichael Kmit was a Ukrainian painter who spent twenty-five of his most productive years in Australia. He is notable for introducing a neo-Byzantine style of painting to Australia, and winning a number of major Australian art prizes including the Blake Prize and the Sulman Prize...
exhibition, Melbourne - 1964 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1965 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1966 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1970 Exhibits works with the ROI, London
- 1974 Exhibits works at Stewart’s of London and Donegal
- 1974 -76 The ROI lists Normans Lloyd's address as Chassignolles, 36/400 Indre, France
- 1975 Exhibition at Davids-Bartlow Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
- 1976 Exhibition at Davids-Bartlow Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
- 1978 Exhibits at Koch Galleries, Mobile, Alabama
- 1983 5 March, dies in London
Represented
- Art Gallery of Western AustraliaArt Gallery of Western AustraliaThe Art Gallery of Western Australia is a public gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre, in Perth, Western Australia. It is located near the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia...
- Queensland Art GalleryQueensland Art GalleryThe Queensland Art Gallery is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre, and is located nearest to Brisbane River at South Bank...
- University of SydneyUniversity of SydneyThe University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
– University of Sydney Union Art Collection - Numerous private collections in Australia, Europe and US