W. J. Welch

  • Artist (Painter)
Commercial artist, painted murals inside shops and inns and provided scenery for local theatrical productions. Welch also painted landscapes in oils.
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oil painter, scene-painter and commercial artist, had a cottage studio in Phillip Street, Parramatta, New South Wales in the 1840s where, according to Rivett, he worked as a commercial artist, painting murals inside shops and inns and providing scenery for local theatrical productions. He also painted landscapes in oils. One was included in W. & F. Ford’s London Art Union, held at Sydney in 1848-49.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011

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  • Commercial artist (ANZSIC code: 6924) (Commercial artist Painted murals inside shops and inns and provided scenery for local theatrical productions.)
  • Commercial artist (Commercial artist Painted murals inside shops and inns and provided scenery for local theatrical productions.)