Lesley Dumbrell
Lesley Dumbrell is a painter and a leader in the women's art movement of the 1970s in Melbourne, Australia.Career
Dumbrell has contributed to the local and international arts scene and is known for her geometric abstraction.
She trained at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology between 1958 and 1962.
Dumbrell's work is influenced by Wassily Kandinsky's writing, which she read during her studies.
Bonython Gallery, Sydney in 1969 hosted Dumbrell's first solo exhibition, alongside Bryan Westwood, Don Driver and Lenton Parr. Critic Donald Brook described her 'ambiguous abstract figures';
Dumbrell was also a featured guest artist for the Melbourne Art Tram series and subsequently became known as 'one of the leading artists in Melbourne to adopt the international styles of colour field and hard-edged abstraction'. Her paintings have a basis in Mathematics.Contributions to the profession
With Erica McGilchrist, Kiffy Carter and Meredith Rogers, Dumbrell co-founded the Women's Art Register in Australia, a 'collection of national significance', which has a goal 'to document and preserve the artistic contributions of Australian women and to support and promote them'.
