# Peter Laverty > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Laverty > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Laverty.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Laverty > Source revision: 1352347794 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British painter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = 150px| | name = Peter Laverty | birth_date = 1926 | death_date = 2013 | occupation = Artist, Art educator, administrator | spouse = [Ursula Laverty](/source/Ursula_Laverty) (nee. Nathan) m.1952-2013 }} '''Peter Laverty''' (1926–2013) was a painter, print maker, art educator and gallery director.[https://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/an-artist-driven-by-his-passions-20130913-2tq8u.html An artist driven by his passions] (obituary) September 14, 2013 Sydney Morning Herald In 1971 to become Head of the [National Art School](/source/National_Art_School), [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [Australia](/source/Australia) and was Director of the [Art Gallery of New South Wales](/source/Art_Gallery_of_New_South_Wales) from 1971 to 1977.The New McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art, The Miegunyah Press, 2006, p. 601 == Life and career == Peter Phillip Laverty was born in [England](/source/England) in 1926 and studied at [Winchester School of Art](/source/Winchester_School_of_Art). In 1951, at age 24, he emigrated to [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [Australia](/source/Australia), to teach at the National art School, Sydney, from 1952 to 1971. He was appointed Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1971-1977. Laverty served on numerous committees including: International Society of Art Critics, NSW Travelling Art Scholarship (1971–78), Sydney Biennale Committee (1975–77), Churchill Fellowships (1971–77), and New South Wales art education assessment committees. He judged many art competitions, wrote for several art journals, while giving numerous lectures. He was a foundation member and President (1980–81) of [Sydney Printmakers](/source/Sydney_Printmakers) and member of the [Australian Watercolour Institute](/source/Australian_Watercolour_Institute) from 1965.Australian Watercolour Painters-1780 to the Present Day, Jean Campbell, Craftsman House, 1989. Peter Laverty died in Sydney, Australia, in 2013, aged 86The Sydney Morning Herald, June 26, 2013 == Work == Laverty worked in oil, watercolour and graphic media. From 1959 his paintings were mainly semi-abstract stylistically related to contemporary British paintings. == Exhibitions == Laverty was included in several significant group exhibitions of Australian art held in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) (1965), [United States](/source/United_States) (1966), and [São Paulo Art Biennial](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Art_Biennial), Brazil (1961). In Australia he held joint exhibitions with his wife Ursula and had a retrospective at [Penrith](/source/Penrith%2C_New_South_Wales) Sydney, in 1996. == Represented == Works by Laverty are held in the collections of the [National Gallery of Australia](/source/National_Gallery_of_Australia), [Art Gallery of New South Wales](/source/Art_Gallery_of_New_South_Wales), [Art Gallery of Western Australia](/source/Art_Gallery_of_Western_Australia), [Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art](/source/Queensland_Art_Gallery_%26_Gallery_of_Modern_Art){{Cite web |title=LAVERTY, Peter {{!}} QAGOMA Collection Online |url=https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/creators/laverty-peter |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au}} and the [Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery](/source/Tasmanian_Museum_and_Art_Gallery). == Awards == Laverty won numerous Shire art awards including; Warringah (1957), Mosman (1961-2), Maitland (1965), Campbelltown (1966), Rockdale (1966), Berrima (1966), and Grafton (1969). == Further reading == * ''The New McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art'', The Miegunyah Press, 2006. * ''International Who's Who in Art and Antiques'', Hon. General editor: Ernest Kay, Melrose Press, 1972. * ''Dictionary of International Biography, Vol 15'', Melrose Press Ltd. * ''Artists and Galleries of Australia'', Max Germaine, Boolarong Publications, 1984. * ''Australian Watercolour Painters-1780 to the Present Day'', Jean Campbell, Craftsman House, 1989. https://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/an-artist-driven-by-his-passions-20130913-2tq8u.html == References == {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-culture}} {{s-bef | before = [Hal Missingham](/source/Hal_Missingham)}} {{s-ttl | title = [Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales](/source/Art_Gallery_of_New_South_Wales) | years = 1971–1978}} {{s-aft|after=[Edmund Capon](/source/Edmund_Capon)}} {{end}} == External links == * [https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au Art Gallery of New South Wales website] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Laverty, Peter}} Category:1929 births Category:2013 deaths Category:20th-century Australian painters Category:20th-century British male artists Category:20th-century British painters Category:21st-century Australian painters Category:21st-century British painters Category:British male painters Category:Australian printmakers Category:Alumni of Winchester School of Art Category:20th-century British printmakers Category:Directors and presidents of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Category:Australian male painters Category:21st-century British male artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Laverty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Laverty) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Laverty?action=history)). 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