William Andrews b. 28 February 1840

Also known as W. A.
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Oil and watercolour painter of Sydney landscapes in the mid to late 1800s. Andrews was a regular exhibitor with the Art Society of New South Wales. He showed a work in their inaugural exhibition in 1880 and was a committee member in 1886, the year before his death.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 1916/1887’.

  • 'NSW Marriage Records : V18371624 21/1837’.

  • 'NSW Birth Records : V18421648 26A/1842’.

  • 'Joan Kerr Archive’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT, DAA exhibition files.

  • Campbell, J. (1983), 'Australian Watercolour Painters’, Adelaide, SA.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 2nd edn, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 vols, (facsimile reprint, 1930).

  • (1872), Empire, 03-05.

  • (1884), Once a Month, 10-15.

  • (1887), 'Annual Report’, Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Dixson, W., 'Notes on Australian artists’, Dixson Library ms WD53.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Deakin, Edwina.

  • (1881), Sydney, NSW : Bulletin, 01-01.

  • (1885), Illustrated Sydney News, 05-09.

  • 'Joan Kerr Archive’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT, DAA exhibition files.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions