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Name	John de Burgh Perceval
Alternative Names	Linwood Robert Stevens South
Born	1 February, 1923 Bruce Rock, Western Australia, Australia
Died	15 October, 2000 (aged 77) Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Education *	Trinity Grammar School (Melbourne) (student, 1934)
Occupation or Descriptor *	painter (1935-1999) Victoria, Australia sketch artist (1935-1999) Victoria, Australia soldier (1941-1941) Victoria, Australia potter (1943-1999) Victoria, Australia sculptor (1943-1999) Victoria, Australia
Awards	John McCaughey prize (recipient, 1958) Maude Vizard-Wholohan prize (SA) (recipient, 1959) Wynne Prize for art (recipient, 1960) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1991)
Groups *	Angry Penguins (member, 1940) Antipodeans (member, 1960)
Key Organisations *	Contemporary Art Society (Vic) (member, 1942) National Gallery art school (Melbourne) (participant, 1949) Australian National University (creative arts fellow, 1965)
Key Places *	Larundel Mental Hospital (resident, 1977-1986)

* Dates are approximate

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