Leslie Bowles

Bowles photographed between 1930 and 1935 with a sculpture he was working on

William Leslie Bowles (26 February 1885[1] – 21 February 1954), commonly referred to as Leslie Bowles or W. Leslie Bowles, was an Australian sculptor and medallist.[2] [3]

Education

Bowles was born to William Hixson Bowles, compositor, and his wife Rachel Bowles, née Mark, in Leichhardt, Sydney, and was educated at Kangaroo Point State School, Brisbane, where his interest in art was encouraged by a teacher, Thomas Fisher.[4] He studied sculpture at the Brisbane Technical College under L. J. Harvey from 1902 to 1908, and was awarded a travelling scholarship by the director, David R. McConnell, which took him to the "South London School of Arts",[4] presumably the Royal College of Art. There he met Sir Bertram Mackennal, with whom he worked for three years, and was meanwhile a part-time student at the Royal Academy 1910–1914. Around this time he sold his statue Dancer to the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[5]

England and Europe

Bowles was in London at the outbreak of World War I, and enlisted with the British army, serving in the 25th London Regiment,[6] and the Tank Corps, when it was founded in 1916. After demobilisation he enrolled with the Royal Academy for further training. According to one reference,[7] in 1918 he was attached to the Australian War Records Section along with Web Gilbert and Wallace Anderson. He married Mary Lees of Kelso, Scotland in 1924, and was involved in the 1924–25 Wembley British Empire Exhibition, perhaps helping H. C. Smart organise the Australian pavilion.

In June 1922 designs were invited for a proposed monument to diggers who fought in Egypt; a statue to be erected at Port Said at the head of the Suez Canal. Bowles' design, in association with architect G. G. Prentice, was judged in third place — the winner being C. Web Gilbert, with architects Stephenson and Meldrum.[8]

Return to Australia

Bowles and his new wife returned to Melbourne in 1924 to work for the Australian War Memorial (AWM).[9] The sculptor Web Gilbert, who created the first of the AWM dioramas, died suddenly on 3 October 1925 while working on the full-size model for the Port Said memorial. That project was completed by Paul Montford and Sir Bertram Mackennal.[10] Gilbert had another commission in train, a large bronze bas relief memorial to John Dias,[11] former secretary of the Carpenters' Union. Bowles completed that work[12][13] and took on several diorama projects:

  • Australian Light Horse in the Sinai Desert, sculptures by Web Gilbert and landscape by Don Evans.[14]
  • The Australian Light Horse at Magdhaba[15]
  • The Australian defences at Dernancourt[16]
  • Desert Patrol[17]
  • Lone Pine, by Wallace Anderson
  • Semakh, by Wallace Anderson[18]
  • Bullecourt, by Bowles, landscape by George Browning[19]
  • "Somme Winter 1916–17"
  • "Pozieres Heights 1916"
  • Magdhaba, by Bowles, on landscape by Don Evans[20]
  • Battle of Romani 4 August 1916
This list is incomplete and not reliable.
The mural backdrops were painted by Louis McCubbin.

His submission for the 1926 Henry Lawson Memorial design competition was judged second to that of G. W. Lambert.[21] Despite this disappointment, Bowles completed his model, which he showed to the Lawson Society in April 1928.[22] Progress on Lambert's statuary group had not stalled — cast in bronze in England, it was installed in The Domain, Sydney, and unveiled on 28 July 1931.[23]

Work

The reverse of the Australian Florin 1951 was designed by William Leslie Bowles to commemorate the 50 Years of the Commonwealth of Australia. This coin carries the standard obverse designed by Thomas Humphrey Paget

He started work in Mackennal's studio. After the war he worked and exhibited in England. Later in the Twenties in Australia, Bowles was employed at Melbourne Exhibition Building on the Australian War Memorial. In 1926 he had become a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He became mainly connected with the design of large monuments, nevertheless he was also invited to design Australian coins and medals.

Bowles designed the sculpture of Sir John Monash which stands at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.[24] He designed several sculptures at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, including the Man with the donkey (a tribute to John Simpson and his donkey).[25] He designed the memorial for the 9th Battalion (AIF) in the crypt of Brisbane's Anzac Square. Bowles designed decorative bronze window panels for the Queensland Commonwealth Bank Building in Queen Street, Brisbane (built 1927–1930) with his work depicting the trinity images of Industry, Agriculture and Commerce.[26] He designed sculptures of "Diana and her hounds" and others for Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne in 1935.[27] He designed the King George V memorial in Melbourne.[28] He designed engravings for Australian banknotes released in 1953.[29]

In 1933 Bowles was, with Ola Cohn, Wallace Anderson and Orlando Dutton, a founder of the short-lived Sculptors' Society of Australia,[30] which succeeded the Yarra Sculptors' Society[31] and was followed in 1948 by the Victorian Sculptors' Society.[32]

During the Second World War, Bowles recommended the sculptor Ray Ewers be appointed war artist, with the rank of lieutenant. Bowles and Ewers subsequently worked together.

He died at Frankston, Victoria

See also

References

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  4. ^ a b "Art and Artists". The Brisbane Courier. No. 21, 544. Queensland, Australia. 12 February 1927. p. 22. Retrieved 9 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Alan McCulloch (1984). Encyclopedia of Australian Art. Hutchinson. ISBN 009148300X.
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  7. ^ Ken Scarlett (1993). "William Wallace Anderson (1888–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography: 'Anderson, William Wallace (1888–1975). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Memory of ANZAC Heroes". The Herald (Melbourne). No. 14380. Victoria, Australia. 15 June 1923. p. 1. Retrieved 9 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "On the Up Grade". The Brisbane Courier. No. 21194. Queensland, Australia. 29 December 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 9 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ G. Sturgeon (1983). "Charles Marsh Web (Nash) Gilbert (1867–1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography: 'Gilbert, Charles Marsh Web (Nash) (1867–1925)'. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  11. ^ "John Dias". Monuments Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Items of Interest". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 25, 163. Victoria, Australia. 4 April 1927. p. 12. Retrieved 9 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "John Dias". Monuments Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Museum". Australian Army. Vol. 20, no. 15. Australia, Australia. 8 June 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Battle in Miniature". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 25, 322. Victoria, Australia. 7 October 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia. includes pic of Bowles and his work
  16. ^ "War Museum". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 28, 386. New South Wales, Australia. 27 December 1928. p. 11. Retrieved 9 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "To the Dead of Two Wars". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXIV, no. 25927. South Australia. 8 November 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "Battlefield Models". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXVII, no. 308. Queensland, Australia. 29 December 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "Museum". Australian Army. Vol. 21, no. 10. Australia, Australia. 15 March 1979. p. 2. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "Museum". Australian Army. Vol. 22, no. 4. Australia, Australia. 6 December 1979. p. 2. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "Henry Lawson and His Mate". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). No. 14, 687. New South Wales, Australia. 5 January 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 9 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "Sculptor to Display Statue of Henry Lawson". The Herald (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 1 May 1928. p. 23. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. ^ "Lawson — His Greater Monument". Windsor and Richmond Gazette. Vol. 43, no. 2271. New South Wales, Australia. 14 August 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. ^ "Sir John Monash Memorial". Sydney Morning Herald. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 27 Nov 1937. 27 November 1937. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  25. ^ "Leslie Bowles, National Portrait Gallery". www.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  26. ^ Fisher, Rod (29 September 2008). "'Nocturnal demolitions': The long march towards heritage legislation in Queensland". Australian Historical Studies. 24 (96): 55–69. doi:10.1080/10314619108595869.
  27. ^ "Art Deco Ladies Found In And Around The Streets Of Melbourne". Family Getaways Melbourne. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  28. ^ "King George V Memorial". City Collection. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  29. ^ Murphy, John (2016). Notable Australians Historical Figures Portrayed on Australian Banknotes (PDF). Reserve Bank of Australia. ISBN 978-0-6480470-0-1.
  30. ^ "In the World of Art". The Age. No. 30340. Victoria, Australia. 26 July 1952. p. 14. Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  31. ^ "Yarra Sculptors' Society". The Age. No. 13, 537. Victoria, Australia. 22 July 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  32. ^ "We Lack Statuary". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 31, 696. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1948. p. 22. Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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