William Edward James Cook b. 1904

Also known as James Cook, Jimmy Cook
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter and illustrator, after winning the Sawtell Travelling Scholarship, Cook worked as an art teacher, curator at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, and critic for the Daily Telegraph, Sydney.
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Citations

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).

  • 'The 1931 Group Exhibition’, Art in New Zealand, December 1931, pp. 122-128

  • '1932 Group exhibition’, Art in New Zealand, December 1932, pp. 96-98.

  • 'James Cook: a painter of promise’, Art in New Zealand, March 1933, pp. 143-154

  • 'James Cook A.C.F. War Artist: Versile Master of Many Mediums’, Pix, Vol. 15 No. 4 (27 January 1945), pp. 14-15,

    http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-479414160

  • 'Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes: Spotlight on Australian Art’, Pix, Vol. 17 No. 6 (2 March 1946), p. 11

    http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-455275046

  • 'Surprising work by war artist’, The Daily Telegraph, 26 September 1945, p. 9

    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248025229

  • 'Art Curator for W.A.’, The West Australian, 5 November 1949, p. 8

    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47681334

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists