John William Ashton b. 1881

Also known as William Ashton, Will Ashton
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sir William Ashton was a sucessful landscape painter during the first half of the 20th century, winning the Wynne prize three times. During the late 1930s and 40s he worked as a gallery director in Sydney.
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child of
James Ashton
1859
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Hans Heysen
1877
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Lionel Lindsay
1874
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
James Ashton
1859
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Charles David Jones Bryant
1883
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Bertrand James Waterhouse
1876
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Gustav Adrian Barnes
1877
Artist, Artist (Painter)
associate of
Sydney Ure Smith
1887
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Graphic Designer), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
E. Phillips Fox
1865
Artist (Painter)
associate of
James Quinn
1869
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Sir William Dargie
1912
Artist
associate of
Hayley Lever
Artist
spouse of
May Millman
Other occupation
spouse of
Winfreda Isabel Hoggard
Other occupation
associate of
James R. McGregor
Other occupation
associate of
Julius Olsson
Other occupation
associate of
Algernon Talmage
Other occupation
sibling of
Edith Ashton
Other occupation
parent of
Adrian Olsson Ashton
Architect
parent of
Colin Millman Ashton
Other occupation
parent of
Basil York Ashton
Other occupation
associate of
James Muir Auld
1881
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Arthur d'Auvergne Boxall
1881
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Sir Charles Lloyd Jones
1881
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Sir Erik Langker
1881
Artist (Painter)
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References [<ExternalResource: Hetherington, John (1963), ''Will Ashton' in Australian Painters', F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney, Interesting late life profile, pp 25-30.>, <ExternalResource: (29 April 1944), 'Former art director's ideas for better gallery', Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, page 3.>, <ExternalResource: (22 January 1937), 'Mr. Will Ashton. Art Gallery Director', Sydney Morning Herald, , page 10.>, <ExternalResource: (11 June 1929), 'The Art of Will Ashton', Art in Australia, Sydney, NSW, Special number of Art in Australia. Article by Hans Heysen.>, <ExternalResource: Payter, Dora (1 June 1937), 'A Chat with Will Ashton', B.P. Magazine.>, <ExternalResource: Harper, Katherine (1979), ''Ashton, Sir William (Will) (1881-1963)', Australian Dictionary of Biography', Melbourne University Press, Vol 7,pp 112-113.>, <ExternalResource: Ashton, Will (Sir) (1961), 'Life and Work of Artist Sir Will Ashton', Legend Press.>, <ExternalResource: Lindsay, Lionel (1967), 'Comedy of Life', Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, Bernard (1962), 'Australian Painting 1788-1960', Oxford University Press, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Smith, Sydney Ure (Ed) (1941), 'Art of Australia 1788-1941 [exhibition catalogue]', Carnegie Corporation, New York, USA.>] [<ExternalResource: Hetherington, John (1963), ''Will Ashton' in Australian Painters', F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney, Interesting late life profile, pp 25-30.>, <ExternalResource: (29 April 1944), 'Former art director's ideas for better gallery', Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, page 3.>, <ExternalResource: (22 January 1937), 'Mr. Will Ashton. Art Gallery Director', Sydney Morning Herald, , page 10.>, <ExternalResource: (11 June 1929), 'The Art of Will Ashton', Art in Australia, Sydney, NSW, Special number of Art in Australia. Article by Hans Heysen.>]