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Constable, William Henry Archibald, b. 1906

Australian film and stage designer, painter, cartoonist, printmaker, illustrator and commercial designer. Worked in Australia and UK.

Cook, William Edward James, b. 1904

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 ...

Dobell, William, b. 1899

William Dobell came from a working class family in Newcastle to become one of Australia's most loved artist and the creator of fashionable portraits. He ...

Flood, Frederick William, b. 1881

Photographer and watercolourist whose best work was seen in the Christmas editions of The Western Mail in the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1930s and ...

Goss, William, b.

Painter and signwriter who was a working member of the West Australian Society of Arts.

Grant, William Gregory, b. 1876

Artist, described by Lloyd Rees as the 'most dynamic painter' in Brisbane in the 1910s.

Green, William Ellis, b. 1923

Prolific and popular mid 20th century Melbourne newspaper cartoonist. Green made his first artistic income painting Japanese flags while stationed in New Guinea during WW2. ...

Leist, Frederick William, b. 1873

Lleist was an early 20th century Sydney and London painter, cartoonist, war artist and teacher. He was an inaugural council member of the Sydney Society ...

Lister, William Lister, b. 1859

As well as being a prolific landscape artist, Lister was President of the Royal Art Society of NSW and a trustee of the National Art ...

Mahony, Francis William, b. 1905

Mid 20th century Sydney cartoonist, illustrator, commercial artist and printmaker, Mahoney was sacked from the Daily Telegraph in 1945 after refusing to draw a certain ...

Maund, John Williams, b. 1876

John Maund (1876-1962) was a Sydney based watercolourist, arts administrator, solicitor and art collector.

Mildenhall, William James, b. 1891

Known as a photographer, Mildenhall worked as the Federal Capital Commission's information officer. His photographic work encompasses a variety of subjects ranging from architecture to ...

Mitchell, William, b. 1941

Popular late 20th century Perth and Sydney newspaper cartoonist. Mitchell won Stanley Awards for the best editorial/political cartoonist in 1985, 1987 and 1992.

Pidgeon, William Edwin, b. 1909

Popular mid 20th century Sydney cartoonist, illustrator, painter, sculptor and art critic. Pidgeon won the Archibald Prize three times - in 1958, 1961 and 1969, ...

Ricketts, William, b. 1898

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 ...