Arthur Wakefield Bassett b. 20 April 1869

Also known as A. W. Bassett
  • Artist (Painter)
Arthur Wakefield Bassett began his career in Victoria before moving to Western Australia in 1893 where he became an artist of note, winning the Perth Centenary Prize in 1930.
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painter, was born on 20 April 1869. He trained at the National Gallery of Victoria Schools, Melbourne and was involved in artists’ camps at Charterisville, renting a lodge there for half a crown a week in September 1890, along with Sonny Pole, Tom Humphrey , Hal Waugh , Fred Williams , et al. Exhibited with the 'Vics’. At the 1893 Victorian Artists’ Society exhibition the Bulletin noted that “Some promising little landscapes by A.W. Bassett are less out of harmony with the real appearance of things than many others” ( Bulletin , 13 May 1893, 8). Bassett moved to Western Australia after 1893. In 1930 he was awarded the Perth Centenary Prize.

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011