James Gleeson
From QueerBio.com
Contents
Country
Australia
Birth - Death
1915 - 2008
Occupation
Artist
Notable Achievements
Order of Australia Medal
Description
Foremost Australian painter, in the surrealist style on a large scale. Many of his paintings have homoerotic undertones and male nudes. Author of several art books on the subject. Served on the Board of the National Gallery of Australia. Partner was Frank O'Keefe, and together they founded the O'Keefe Foundation to acquire works of art for the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
See Also
- Order of Australia
- LGBTQ Founders and Executives with Charitable Foundations
- The Great LGBTQ Surrealist and Abstract Artists
