Lionel Lindsay

Sir Lionel Arthur Lindsay
Lionel Lindsay around 1900s
Born	Lionel Arthur Lindsay (1874-10-17)17 October 1874 Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Died	22 May 1961(1961-05-22) (aged 86) Melbourne, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Artist
Parent(s)	Roger Charles Alexander (father) Jane Lindsay (mother)
Relatives	Percy (brother) Norman (brother) Daryl (brother) Ruby (sister)

Sir Lionel Arthur Lindsay (17 October 1874 – 22 May 1961) was an Australian artist.

Lindsay was born in the Victorian town of Creswick, into a creative family - he was the brother of artist Norman Lindsay and artist and critic Daryl Lindsay and of the relatively unknown artists Ruby Lindsay and Percy Lindsay. Lionel became a pupil-assistant at the Melbourne Observatory (1889–1892) and later studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne and in George Coates' rooms.

Lindsay taught himself etching and engraving in the 1890s while a student, immediately prior to his first trip to Spain and England. On his return to Australia he settled in Sydney as a freelance artist and journalist, contributing to The Bulletin and other magazines and newspapers.

In 1907 he held an extremely successful exhibition of etchings in Sydney with the Society of Artists. The two decades after 1907 saw him active with the Society of Artists and in 1921, when the Australian Painter-Etchers' Society was formed, Lindsay was its first president. He began to exhibit in London in 1923 and had his most successful exhibition of that period at Colnaghi, a London art dealer, in 1927. Colnaghi's Galleries and the critic Harold Wright led British interest in Lindsay's work and guaranteed his reputation as a major British printmaker and watercolourist.

Key themes in his oeuvre include the swagman in the outback^[1], old Sydney^[2], portraits of prominent Australians^[3], romantic views of Spain^[4] and Arab culture, a series of classically inspired works and birds and animals^[5].