Joseph Wolinski b. 1872

Also known as Joe Wolinski
  • Artist (Painter)
painter, did a large oil painting showing NSW rising from a bed of native flora which decorated an arch erected for the Federation procession in Sydney on 1 January 1901. Later a prolific Archibald Prize entrant who took part in legal action against Dobell's win in 1943.
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painter, did a large oil painting showing NSW rising from a bed of native flora. Along with three other paintings by Arthur Collingridge , 'F.R. Mahony’ and Tindall , it decorated an arch erected for the Federation procession in Sydney on 1 January 1901.

With 107 exhibited entries recorded, Wolinski was the most prolific of all Archibald Prize entrants. Wolinski undertook, with Mary Edwards, the unsuccessful court action against the awarding of the 1943 Archibald Prize to William Dobell.

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011

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Related collections
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)