Alun LEACH-JONES Born: North Wales, United Kingdom 1937; Arrived Australia 1959; Died: 24 Dec 2017 Noumenon XI blue ikon 1967 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 91.3 x 92.0 cm [canvas]; 95.0 x 96.0 cm [frame] Benalla Art Gallery Collection Gift of the Benalla Apex Club, 1967 1967.03 © Estate of Alun Leach-Jones/ Copyright Agency 2019

20th Dec 2019 – 13th Dec 2020
Ledger Gallery

The Benalla Art Gallery Collection – an incredible body of work spanning three centuries of Australian art – continues to grow and inspire new generations of art lovers.

With the Gallery having taken part in Creative Victoria’s Regional Digitisation Roadshow in 2019, there is now even greater opportunity to share the Collection with broader audiences.

Thanks to the funding and assistance awarded through the State Government, Benalla Art Gallery worked with professional photographers, collections staff and conservators to document the entire collection. The resulting images and records are being methodically refined and made publicly accessible through a new and improved Benalla Art Gallery website.

On the Up celebrates these landmark projects by ensuring a selection of the first 100 uploaded artworks are also up on the walls.

Works featured within the exhibition are an indication of the impressive breadth and quality of the Benalla Art Gallery Collection, and include a selection from both the Ledger and Bennett bequests, alongside numerous significant acquisitions which entered the Collection either by purchase, or as a gift from one of the Gallery’s many generous donors.

Jessie TRAILL Born: Brighton, Victoria, Australia 1881; Worked in United Kingdom, United States, Europe; Died: 1967 Towards Avalon Beach 1912 watercolour on paper 35.6 x 50.4 cm [sheet] Benalla Art Gallery Collection Ledger Gift, 1988 1988.44 © Estate of Jessie Traill/ Copyright Agency 2019
Gareth SANSOM Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1939; Works: Melbourne and Sorrento Faith no more 2000 oil and emulsion on canvas 183.0 x 244.0 cm Benalla Art Gallery Collection Gift of Dr Christine Healy, 2002 2002.10 © Gareth Sansom/ Copyright Agency 2019