Leonard French (1928 - 2017)

DEATH OF A MARTYR, 1961

from The Campion Paintings series

enamel on hessian on board

136.5 x 121.5 cm
171.5 x 157.0 cm (frame)

signed and dated lower left: French, 61

F. L. Kennett Collection, London
Richard Crebbin, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
John Barnes, Melbourne, acquired from the above
The Estate of John Barnes, Melbourn

12 Paintings on the Life of Edmund Campion, Farmers Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, 1961; Argus Gallery, Melbourne, 23 October – 3 November 1961
Leonard French, Commonwealth Institute, London, 21 March – 16 April 1967
Leonard French Retrospective, Sixth Adelaide Festival of the Arts, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 6 – 28 March 1970, cat. 40
Modern Australian Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, 4 – 29 June 1991, cat. 31

Buckley, V., The Campion Paintings, Greyflower, Melbourne, 1962, cat. 25, pp. 74, 75 (illus.)
Pringle, J. D., Australian Paintings Today, Thames and Hudson, London, 1963, p. 87 (illus.)

Death full of wounds, 1961, enamel on hessian covered hardboard, 183.0 x 152.5 cm, private collection