William Delafield-Cook b. 1936

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
William Delafield Cook established his reputation as a draughtsman and painter consciously paying homage to the 19th century academic works of Ingres. He matured into an artist painting intensely photo-realist landscapes of Australia, most of which were painted in England.
Tags: Photo realist, Landscape, Still Life, Interiors, Ingres
Name
William Delafield-Cook
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 810) 1963 - 1965 Maidstone Colleges of Art, England, UK
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 810) 1969 Prahran College of Fine Arts, Melbourne, VIC
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 810) 1980 - 1982 Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, NSW
Tags:
Photo realist
Landscape
Still Life
Interiors
Ingres
Birth date
1936
Death date
2015
Death place
England, UK
Active Period
  • 1958 - c.2014
Residence
  • 1936 - 1959 Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • 1959 - 1960 (travelled mainly in Italy and Spain)
  • 1961 - 1968 England, UK
  • 1969 - 1970 Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • 1970 - 1974 England, UK (Also travelled within Europe and worked in Germany with DAAD)
  • 1975 - 1977 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1977 - 1980 England, UK
  • 1980 - 1982 Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • 1982 - 2015 England, UK (Based im England but made frequent return trips to Australia)
Training
  • Art, 1953 - 1955 Caulfield Institute of Technology, Caulfield, Vic
  • art, 1959 University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
  • Painting and Photography , 1961 - 1962 Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, England, UK
Initial Record Data Source
  • Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
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