William Edward James Cook b. 1904

Also known as James Cook, Jimmy Cook
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
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 critic for the Daily Telegraph, Sydney.
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painter, illustrator, teacher, art critic and gallery curator, was born in Christchurch, NZ (his brother Alfred was also an artist). After studying at Canterbury School of Art in 1920-24 he won the Sawtell Travelling Scholarship and studied and travelled in London (where he shared rooms with William Dobell ) and at Edinburgh, Paris and Rome, 1924-27. Art teacher Canterbury Uni. High School 1927-33; official war artist WWII; teacher ESTC 1940; curator AGWA 1949-52; art critic Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 1952-59. Died of pneumonia while travelling in Italy in 1960. A meticulous painter and fine draughtsman, his work includes Two Tramps 1932, pencil, NERAM (ill. McCulloch, 178); Coffee Stall, London , WWII wash drawing, AGNSW, purchased 1942.

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1996
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References [<ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).>, <ExternalResource: 'The 1931 Group Exhibition', Art in New Zealand, December 1931, pp. 122-128>, <ExternalResource: '1932 Group exhibition', Art in New Zealand, December 1932, pp. 96-98.>, <ExternalResource: 'James Cook: a painter of promise', Art in New Zealand, March 1933, pp. 143-154>, <ExternalResource: 'James Cook A.C.F. War Artist: Versile Master of Many Mediums', Pix, Vol. 15 No. 4 (27 January 1945), pp. 14-15, >, <ExternalResource: 'Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes: Spotlight on Australian Art', Pix, Vol. 17 No. 6 (2 March 1946), p. 11>, <ExternalResource: 'Surprising work by war artist', The Daily Telegraph, 26 September 1945, p. 9>] [<ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).>, <ExternalResource: 'The 1931 Group Exhibition', Art in New Zealand, December 1931, pp. 122-128>, <ExternalResource: '1932 Group exhibition', Art in New Zealand, December 1932, pp. 96-98.>, <ExternalResource: 'James Cook: a painter of promise', Art in New Zealand, March 1933, pp. 143-154>]