Background
Peter Phillip Laverty was born in England in 1926 and studied at Winchester School of Artist
administrator artist art educator
Peter Phillip Laverty was born in England in 1926 and studied at Winchester School of Artist
University of Southampton.
In 1971 to become Head of the National Art School, Sydney, Australia and was Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1971 to 1977. In 1951, at age 24, he emigrated to Sydney, Australia, to teach at the National art School, Sydney, from 1952 to 1971. He was appointed Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1971-1977.
Laverty served on numerous committees including: International Society of Art Critics, NSW Travelling Art Scholarship (1971-1978), Sydney Biennale Committee (1975-1977), Churchill Fellowships (1971-1977), and New South Wales art education assessment committees.
He judged many art competitions, wrote for several art journals, while giving numerous lectures. Peter Laverty died in Sydney, Australia, in 2013, aged 87.
Laverty was included in several significant group exhibitions of Australian art held in New Zealand (1965), United States (1966), and Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil (1961). South by Laverty are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of Western Australia, and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.