Donald Laycock
Born
Donald Gordon Laycock

(1931-04-04) 4 April 1931 (age 92)[1]
Melbourne, Australia[1]
NationalityAustralian
Alma materNational Gallery of Victoria Art School[2]
Known forPainting
StyleFigurative[2]Abstract expressionism[2]

Donald Gordon Laycock (born 4 April 1931[1]) is an Australian artist. He is a painter and is best known as the creator of the interior paintings of Hamer Hall in Melbourne, Australia.

Life and work

He attended the National Gallery of Victoria Art School, graduating in 1953.[2] Laycock's works are held in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Centre Melbourne and Art Gallery of New South Wales.[1][2][3] He was colleagues with Lawrence Daws, Clifton Pugh and John Howley.[4]

Notable works

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Donald Laycock". Collection Online. National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Donald Laycock 'Gloria'". Collections - Mobile Tour. Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Peach". Collection. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Donald Gordon Laycock (1931-.) Australia". Australian Art Auction Records. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

Janine Burke, Donald Laycock, Art and Australia, Spring, October–December, 1975.


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