William Ricketts b. 1898

  • Artist (Sculptor)
William Ricketts is well-known for his handmodelled ceramic sculptures and vessels with modelled heads and figures of Aboriginals. He valued the spirituality of the Aboriginal people and their way of life and attempted to represent this in his ceramics.
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creator of
Churinga, aboriginal figures
Date

Earthenware, 1954, Powerhouse Museum ID 96/217/1.

 
creator of
Churinga by William Ricketts
Date
URL
http://from.ph/150318

96/217/1

 
creator of
Aboriginal Elder and Child
Date

Ceramic sculpture, c.1950, Powerhouse Museum ID A4317.

 

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Other occupations
  • Jeweller
  • Jeweller (Jeweller 1912)
References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Churinga by William Ricketts', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]
Related person groups
  • Australian Porcelain Company (associate of)
  • Australian Porcelain Company (associate of)
Related works
  • Churinga, aboriginal figures (creator of)
  • Churinga by William Ricketts (creator of)
  • Aboriginal Elder and Child (creator of)
  • Churinga, aboriginal figures (creator of)
  • Aboriginal Elder and Child (creator of)
Related collections
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
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