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Watkins, John Samuel, b. 1866
John Samuel Watkins (1866-1942) was an English born portrait painter. He is best known for operating a popular Sydney based art school during the early ...
Wedd, Montague Thomas Archibald, b. 1921
Wedd was a Sydney cartoonist, designer and comic book artist who worked on the nation's earliest animated film "Marco Polo vs the Red Dragon". He ...
Weir, Margaret B., b. 1856
Weir was a painter, art teacher and gifted needleworker, though she regarded this element of her artistic life as a hobby. A student at the ...
Weitzel, Frank (Friedrich), b. 1905
Weitzel is a New Zealand printmaker, sculptor and decorative artist who lived in Sydney during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Furniture by the artist ...
Welding, Dorothy
Professional photographer, had a studio in Sydney in the 1930s. She took a photograph of Florence Taylor (ML PXA 218, no.18) reproduced with the Taylor ...
Wells, Samuel Garnet, b. 1885
Popular political and sporting cartoonist who worked predominantly in Melbourne, Victoria. A number of his cartoons from the 1920s-50s are in the collection of the ...
Wenban, Raymond Stewart, b. 1893
Mid 20th century Sydney, Melbourne and London illustrator, painter and printmaker, Wenban studied art with Julian Ashton and Elioth Gruner. In 1954 he was one ...
Wentcher, Tina, b. 1887
Sculptor and carver. Trained in Paris and Berlin and well travelled through Greece, Italy, Egypt, Abyssinia, and S.E. Asia before settling in Victoria following the ...
Weston, Henry John, b. 1874
Cartoonist, painter, commercial artist and architect. Weston was a member of many clubs and societies, and associated with many of Australia's now famous cartoonists and ...
Weston, Nora Kate, b. 1880
Whilst studying woodcarving in London 'Chips' formed a lifelong friendship and working relationship with fellow student Eirene Mort. Upon return she taught woodcarving, carpentry and ...
Wheeler, Charles Arthur, b. 1880
painter and art teacher, Melbourne. His artwork 'The Fancy Dress' 1909 was shown in the Fine Art Society's Galleries, Melbourne. Another artwork of his is ...
White, Cyril Leyshon, b. 1891
Early 20th century Melbourne painter and advertising artist.
White, Frances Mary Fletcher, b. 1882
Photographer and woodcarver from the Hunter Valley, NSW, who designed and carved panels to be incorporated into pieces of furniture.
White, John, b. 1851
Training in Melbourne in the 1860s and Edinburgh in the 1870s White's landscape, portrait and genre subject paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy and ...
White, Unk, b. 1900
Popular mid 20th century Auckland and Sydney cartoonist, illustrator and painter.
Whitesides, Vera Lindsay, b. 1886
Described as a women of charm, Vera was a versatile artist proficient in a wide range of art and craft media. Best known in her ...
Whitford, Dora, b. 1898
Etcher, painter, commercial artist and stained glass designer, designed rose window and six memorial windows in Stow Memorial Church, Adelaide.
Whiting, Ray, b. 1898
Whiting was a mid 20th century newspaper and wartime cartoonist who contributed to Smith's Weekly, Table Talk and Bulletin. He served with with Australian Imperial ...
Whiting, Ada, b. 1858
Oil and watercolour painter and miniaturist, was born in Hobart, Tasmania. She was a rapid worker, painting up to three miniatures a week, landscapes, flowers ...
Whitmore, Frank, b. 1905
A talented artist and illustrator from an early age, upon discovering that he was colour blind, Whitmore gave up 'fine art' and took up commercial ...