Exhibition

Michael Leonard: A Retrospective

8 Oct 2018 – 27 Oct 2018

Event times

Monday to Wednesday: 10.00-18.00
Thursday and Friday: 10.00-19.00
Saturday: 11.00-18.00. Sunday: Closed

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Free

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The Coningsby Gallery

London, United Kingdom

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  • Buses: 24, 10, 390, 134
  • Tube: Goodge Street tube station on the Northern line
  • Euston Station is the nearest train station
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Spanning five decades, this is the first UK retrospective of Michael Leonard's work and his first exhibition in London in 15 years!

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Henry Miller Fine Art presents the first UK retrospective of Michael Leonard’s work, including drawings and paintings from the 1960’s to the present.

Spanning five decades, Leonard’s first London exhibition in 15 years features rarely seen examples of his commercial work from the 60’s and early paintings from the 70’s, alongside portraits and nudes from the 80’s, 90's and 2000's.

The show will feature some of Leonard’s most iconic works including Changing” (1981) and “Passage of Arms” (1979) from the “scaffolders series” as well as his Thatcher cover for The Sunday Times Magazine (1980) and several still lives and line drawings, showcasing the range and versatility of one of Britain’s most talented artists.

Born in 1933, Michael Leonard studied Commercial Design and Illustration at London’s Saint Martin’s School of Art from 1954 to 1957 and spent the next few years working as a freelance illustrator, producing artwork for books, magazines and advertising, before finding his voice as a painter and getting his first solo exhibition in 1974.

His early paintings, mainly portraits of friends and family, tended to be formal, sober and low key, a clear contrast to his much brighter later work, which, over time, became more animated and colourful. In 1985 he was commissioned to paint the portrait of HRH Queen Elizabeth II which now hangs at the National Portrait Gallery and is said to be one of her Majesty’s favourites.

The nude, and especially the male nude, has been a recurring theme in Leonard’s work, with his models often on the move or in a state of transition, dressing or undressing. Almost all his nude paintings are based on pencil drawings which are not only preparatory studies but works of art themselves, many of which are on display as part of the exhibition.

https://www.henrymillerfineart.co.uk/michael-leonard/

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