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Latitude
52
Longitude
20
Start Date
1928-01-01
End Date
2005-01-01

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ID
tb8fed

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Birth Place
Poland
Biography
Leon Saper became a member of Clifton Pugh’s Dunmoochin Artists’ Collective at Cottles Bridge and bought a bush block there c1955. Leon took up pottery in 1970, inspired by the community of potters who had come to live and work at Dunmoochin in the 1960s. Saper made a living selling his striking colourful work on hessian bags at the St Andrews Market. A retrospective exhibition of work collected by friends was held at the Nillumbik Council Offices in 2005.. His mark is an incised 'L. Saper’. Writers: 7write6 Date written: 2022 Last updated: 2022
Born
b. 1928
Summary
Leon Saper became a member of Clifton Pugh's Dunmoochin Artists' Collective at Cottles Bridge. He took up pottery in 1970.
Gender
Male
Died
1-Jan-05
Age at death
77