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W., J. C.
Little is known about this colonial artist except that he possessed admirable drawing skills. It is unfortunate that only one example survives of his talent.
W., R.
Late colonial period caricaturist whose portrait of Phil May is held by the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
W., T.
sketcher, of Aboriginal portraits from the Portland district of NSW (now Victoria) and views of Tasmania. The drawings are mainly in pencil with a few ...
Wainewright, Thomas, b. 1794
Painter, journalist and convict from a well connected family. Transported to Hobart Town in 1837. His many portraits provide pictorial documentation of personalities in Hobart ...
Waite, James Clarke, b. 1832
Waite's oil paintings now sell for respectable prices, his notoriety in large part due to his being a contemporary of the Boer War. His work ...
Walkden,
sketcher and governess, drew a pen-and-ink view of Wermatong Selection Home on the Tumut Plains, NSW, while employed as governess to the children of George ...
Walker, George Washington, b. 1800
Quaker missionary, accompanied his friend James Backhouse on a mission that included many parts of Australia. Throughout his travels, he kept a journal that included ...
Wall, Dorothy, b. 1894
Wall was a mid 20th century Sydney and New Zealand illustrator and author whose published work, while considerable, does not accurately reflect just how much ...
Wall, W. G.
Sketcher known to have made a watercolour copy of a work by S.T. Gill.
Wallen,
sketcher, showed an untitled drawing at the Victorian Exhibition of Fine Art in 1860.
Waller, Mervyn Napier, b. 1893
World War I veteran printmaker, painter, stained glass artist, mosaic artist and muralist. whose work epitomised Art Deco in Australia. Husband of Christian Waller.
Waller, Ruth, b. 1955
Ruth Waller is a painter and illustrator. She received a Diploma of Art from Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education, Sydney in 1978, and lectured ...
Want, Randolph John, b. 1811
Prominent solicitor and Member of Parliament (1856-61). Although relatively unknown as an artist, four small signed pencil drawings by Want dating from about 1843 are ...
Ward,
Sketcher, showed 'pencil drawings of marine subjects' in the 1861 Industrial Exhibition at the Maitland School of Arts, New South Wales.
Warner, Ernest, b. 1902
Printmaker, was commissioned for various bookplates which frequently appeared in Art in Australia between 1923 and 1925. The popularity of Warner's prints seemed to decline ...
Warren, Paul, b.
Pitjantjatara artist associated with the Ceduna Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Centre.
Waterhouse, Bertrand James, b. 1876
B.J. Waterhouse was a Sydney architect who was actively involved in the NSW art world during the first half of the twentieth century, both as ...
Wathen, George Henry, b. 1818
George Henry Wathen's observations of goldfields' life were recorded in his book 'The Golden Colony or, Victoria in 1854'. This was illustrated, with his own ...
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 ...
Watson, R.
Sketcher and art student, exhibited at the 1859 exhibition of the South Australian Society of Arts. 'Faust and Wagner' received the award for best outline ...