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James Gleeson

Australian painter, writer, and critic (1915–2008)
Person Human Q5925755

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
November 22, 1915
Date of death
October 20, 2008
Place of birth
Australia, Sydney[8]
Place of death
Sydney
Country of citizenship
Australia[9]
Occupation
artist, poet, designer
Educated at
National Art School[10]
Award received
Officer of the Order of Australia, Member of the Order of Australia[11][12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library[29]
Birth name
James Timothy Gleeson[20]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[28]
Family name
Gleeson[16]
Given name
James, Timothy[17][18]
Has works in the collection
National Gallery of Victoria, Museum of Modern Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia[23][24][25][26][27]
Movement
surrealism[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wiki Loves Pride Art & Artists, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library[21][22]
Residence
Northbridge[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Gleeson en James Timothy Gleeson ar جيمس غليسون cs B. A. James es James Timothy Gleeson
🔖 Identifiers · 48
ISNI
0000000114491953
VIAF cluster ID
79187877
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50029540
GND ID
11941354X
Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID
6054
Artcyclopedia artist ID
gleeson_james
Artist-info artist ID
11967
Artists of the World ID
00609563
Artnet artist ID
james-timothy-gleeson
Artsy artist ID
james-gleeson
AskArt person ID
11103357
AustLit ID
A14212
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Australian Prints + Printmaking artist ID
8882
BIBSYS ID
90875728
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
GleesonJames1915-
Benezit ID
B00075560
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
145136067
Christie's creator ID
24214
Europeana entity
agent/base/152572
FAST ID
9798
Freebase ID
/m/04wn6z
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991005061259707141
Genealogics.org person ID
I00458119
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m04wn6z
Grove Art Online ID
T032844
HAND ID
FFEB-43C3-B375-2D1B-1252
IMDb ID
nm0322418
IdRef ID
112953557
Invaluable.com person ID
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IxTheo authority ID
080227015
J9U entity ID
987007347198605171
Le Delarge artist ID
2465_artiste_GLEESON_James
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
48276
MutualArt artist ID
CBE754C9829E88A6
NDL Authority ID
00441057
NLA Trove people ID
616311
NLP ID
a0000002269811
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
1868
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810583057105606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
157321606
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110810105004809
RKDartists ID
32107
SBN author ID
BVEV140702
SNAC ARK ID
w6739r3w
TMDB person ID
1085866
Union List of Artist Names ID
500097541
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/c73f2451-8255-484d-a5be-23849afa41e8

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 5
Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia
Occupation 3
poet, artist, designer
Given name 2
James, Timothy
Place of birth 2
Australia, Sydney
Country of citizenship 1
Australia
Family name 1
Gleeson
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Movement 1
surrealism
Place of death 1
Sydney
Residence 1
Northbridge
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

James Gleeson was born on November 22, 1915[1], in Australia[2]. He died on October 20, 2008[3], in Sydney[4]. He worked as an artist[5], poet[6], and designer[7].

FAQs

Where was James Gleeson born?

James Gleeson's place of birth was Australia[2].

Where did James Gleeson die?

James Gleeson died in Sydney[4].

What did James Gleeson do for work?

James Gleeson worked as an artist[5], poet[6], and designer[7].

Where did James Gleeson go to school?

James Gleeson was educated at National Art School[10].

What awards did James Gleeson receive?

Honors received include Officer of the Order of Australia[11] and Member of the Order of Australia[12].

Related Entities

Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery of South Australia Australia Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Australia National Gallery of Victoria Sydney

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Le Delarge. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Australian honours system. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Australian honours system. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Australian honours system. wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . Le Delarge. wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved . abc.net.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Artist files at → Frick Art Research Library
    Family name → Gleeson
    Given name → James, Timothy
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: HAND ID: FFEB-43C3-B375-2D1B-1252, batch #269218"
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