Leonard and Kathleen Shillam

Kathleen Shillam in Greece, 1961

Leonard and Kathleen Shillam's Pelican sculptures at the Queensland Art Gallery. Photo taken from inside the Art Gallery

Pelican sculptures at the Queensland Art Gallery. Photo taken from outside the Art Gallery

Leonard and Kathleen Shillam were Australian sculptors.

Leonard Shillam (born 15 August 1915 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - died 1 September 2005), was a founding member of both the Queensland Society of Sculptors and the Queensland Wildlife Artists Society.

Kathleen Shillam (née O'Neill) AM (born in England 25 May 1916 - died 20 September 2002 in Australia). Kathleen Shillam received her Member of the Order of Australia award in the Australia Day Honors in 1986, for services to sculpture and education, and awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in the arts at the University of Queensland in 2000.

Personal life

Leonard Shillam and Kathleen O'Neill met at art school in Brisbane in 1932. They were married on 1 September 1942.^[1]

References

• Exhibit honours Leonard and Kathleen Shillam
• Leonard and Kathleen Shillam — Sculptors Queensland

External links

• Kathleen Shillam sculpture — at the Philip Bacon Galleries
• Kathleen and Leonard Shillam sculptures — at the Philip Bacon Galleries

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