revised and updated edition of this publication was released in 2015. In 2000 from 19 August to 19 October John Perceval Retrospective Exhibition was held in Galeria Aniela Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park. It was officially opened by the Chairman of Sotheby’s (it included 80 oil paintings and works on paper from 1946 to 1999). It was Perceval's last retrospective and was mentioned on ABC TV's National News. Prior to his death Scudding Swans (1959) sold for $552,500, a record for a living Australian painter. In March 2010, it was sold for $690,000. Perceval died on 15 October 2000. He was survived by his four children; Matthew, Tessa, Celia and Alice, all of whom are practising artists today. Honours and awards 1958: McCaughey Prize 1959: Maude Vizard Wholohan Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia 1960: Wynne Prize for Dairy Farm, Victoria 1991: Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the visual arts References Further reading External links John Perceval's works at the Art Gallery of New South Wales Biography: John Perceval, National Gallery of Victoria Kate Williamson: John Perceval, Art Interview John de Burgh Perceval (1923-2000) - Artist, Potter and Soldier (Brighton Cemetery) 1923 births 2000 deaths Australian ceramicists Officers of the Order of Australia People from Bruce Rock, Western Australia People with polio Wynne Prize winners 20th-century Australian painters 20th-century Australian male artists Heide Circle 20th-century ceramists Australian male painters Australian Army personnel of World War II People from Murrumbeena, Victoria Artists from Melbourne