Len Annois
{{Short description|Australian painter (1906–1966)}}
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Leonard Lloyd Annois (1 July 1906 – 10 July 1966) was an Australian painter of watercolors.
History
Annois was born in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9663693 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=18,713 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=9 July 1906 |access-date=25 November 2023 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} to William Alfred Annois and Elsie Miriam Annois, née Lloyd.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37803542 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Western Mail (Perth) |volume=XX |issue=989 |location=Western Australia |date=10 December 1904 |access-date=25 November 2023 |page=31 |via=National Library of Australia}} His father was a well-known cricketer and singer, a member of the Harmonists quartet and male alto in St Paul's Cathedral choir.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196087604 |title=About People |newspaper=The Age |issue=17,130 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=8 February 1910 |access-date=25 November 2023 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Annois participated in numerous exhibitions and won numerous prizes for his art, which has been praised for its use of traditional English techniques with modern sensibilities,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245663908 |title=Promising Painter of Water Colors |newspaper=The Herald (Melbourne) |issue=21,332 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=1 October 1945 |accessdate=25 November 2023 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} and has been associated with ballet in various contexts.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206022463 |title=Ballet Guild Dancers |newspaper=The Age |issue=28,743 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=10 June 1947 |access-date=25 November 2023 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}
He spent most of the year 1950 in London, working and associating closely with other Australian artists, before returning to Australia and another exhibition at Georges Gallery, 162 Collins Street.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206390445 |title=Art Notes |newspaper=The Age |issue=29,925 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=28 March 1951 |access-date=25 November 2023 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Personal
Annois married Mavis Nunn of St Kilda, Victoria, on 17 February 1928.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243912669 |title=The Woman's World |newspaper=The Herald (Melbourne) |issue=15,852 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=8 March 1928 |access-date=25 November 2023 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web |title=Leonard Lloyd (Len) Annois (1906–1966) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/annois-leonard-lloyd-len-9370 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=26 November 2023}} They had a son and a daughter. He died suddenly in Melbourne on 10 July 1966.
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Category:People educated at Melbourne High School
Category:Painters from Melbourne