Lenton parr biography of rory
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Lenton parr biography of rory
Lenton Parr
Australian sculptor
Thomas Lenton Parr AM (11 September 1924 – 8 August 2003) was an Australian sculptor and teacher .[1]
Sculptor
Born in East Coburg, Victoria, Lenton Parr spent eight years in the Royal Australian Air Force (Svc No.
A33223) before enrolling to study sculpture at the Royal Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT University), then worked in England 1955–57 as an assistant to Henry Moore. There he was influenced by Reg Butler and Eduardo Paolozzi to work with enamelled steel structures, which was to become his lifelong specialty.
After his return to Melbourne he showed at Peter Bray Gallery in 1957, and embarked on a career in art education.
Art educator
Parr was Head of Sculpture at RMIT (1964–66), then Head of Prahran College of Technology in a $1.5 million building completed as he arrived.
He appointed staff who became influential Australian art and was held in high esteem by staff, but his fine art philosophy clashed with the