L. Scott Pendlebury
| L. Scott Pendlebury | |
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| Born |
Laurence Scott Pendlebury 21 April 1914 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | May 1986 (aged 71–72) |
| Education | National Gallery of Victoria Art School |
| Notable work | The Chicory Kiln, Phillip Island, Constitution Dock, Hobart, Old Farmhouse, Road to Whistlewood |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Constance "Nornie" Gude |
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L. Scott Pendlebury or Laurence Scott Pendlebury (21 April 1914 – May 1986) was an Australian landscape and portrait artist and teacher. He married fellow artist Eleanor Constance "Nornie" Gude (8 December 1915 – 24 January 2002) in January 1943 and they were the parents of Anne Lorraine Pendlebury (born 21 August 1946), a stage, film and TV actress; and Andrew Scott Pendlebury (born 1952) a guitarist-songwriter. Pendlebury won the Wynne Prize four times for his landscape paintings with The Chicory Kiln, Phillip Island (1956), Constitution Dock, Hobart (1957), Old Farmhouse (1960, shared with John Perceval's Dairy Farm, Victoria) and Road to Whistlewood (1968). He was a finalist in the Archibald Prize twenty-four times, including Nornie Gude (Artist) (1944) and Anne and Drew Pendlebury (actress and musician respectively) (1979). His work was presented in the state galleries of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. Pendlebury worked at Swinburne Technical College as an instructor from 1946 to 1963 and then as head of the art school until his retirement in 1974. He died in May 1986, aged 72.
Laurence Scott Pendlebury was born on 21 April 1914 in Melbourne. His father was Thomas Pendlebury (ca. 1872 – 20 October 1945), who worked at the Government Printing Office, and his mother was Jessie (died 25 January 1935); his older siblings were Thelma, Kath, Lyla/Leila and Thomas junior. Pendlebury attended the National Gallery of Victoria Art School from 1932 to 1938. While there, in 1936, he met fellow artist, Eleanor Constance "Nornie" Gude (8 December 1915 – 24 January 2002), daughter of Ballarat-based artist, Walter Gude. On 28 January 1943 Pendlebury and Gude married.
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