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Lesley Dumbrell

Lesley Dumbrell (1941-), an Australian abstract artist, is one of the earliest female artists to hold regular one person exhibitions throughout Australia, including Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, and Brisbane. Her first solo exhibition held at Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney in 1969, was followed by an exhibition at Strines Gallery in 1970.

Known for her highly refined colour abstract painting that explore her emotional responses to landscape and place, she nonetheless identified herself as a "woman who paints, not a painter who happens to be a woman." Inspired by Lucy Lippard's 1975 lecture at the University of Melbourne Student Union's Ewing and George Paton Gallery, Lesley became active in the womens art movement in Melbourne.