John William Ashton b. 1881

Also known as William Ashton, Will Ashton
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sir William Ashton was a sucessful landscape painter during the first half of the 20th century, winning the Wynne prize three times. During the late 1930s and 40s he worked as a gallery director in Sydney.
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Citations

  • Hetherington, John (1963), ''Will Ashton’ in Australian Painters’, F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney, Interesting late life profile, pp 25-30.

  • (29 April 1944), 'Former art director’s ideas for better gallery’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, page 3.

  • (22 January 1937), 'Mr. Will Ashton. Art Gallery Director’, Sydney Morning Herald, , page 10.

  • (11 June 1929), 'The Art of Will Ashton’, Art in Australia, Sydney, NSW, Special number of Art in Australia. Article by Hans Heysen.

Initial data sources

  • 'DAAO Researcher-in-Residence' supported by the Power Institute Foundation for Art & Visual Culture, University of Sydney

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