William Ricketts b. 1898

  • Artist (Sculptor)
William Ricketts is well-known for his handmodelled ceramic sculptures and vessels with modelled heads and figures of Aboriginals. He valued the spirituality of the Aboriginal people and their way of life and attempted to represent this in his ceramics.
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Australian Porcelain Company
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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Churinga by William Ricketts', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Brady, Peter (1994), 'Whitefella dreaming : the authorised biography of William Ricketts', Olinda, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: '[Kerr's Archive]', Canberra, ACT : Australian National Library.>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Churinga by William Ricketts', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]