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William Hardy Wilson b. 14 February 1881

Also known as Hardy Wilson, Billy Wilson

Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
Artist (Draughtsman),
Artist (Printmaker),
Artist (Painter)

Wilson was a Sydney-based interwar architect, artist, author, cartographer, orientalist and futurist. Furniture and furnishings by Wilson are known. He documents many historic houses and landscapes. Travelling in China in 1921, he also drew and printed a number of notable architectural sites and settings.

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

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https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
'Eryldene', Gordon, Sydney, NSW
National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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William Hardy Wilson b. 14 February 1881

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

'Eryldene', Gordon, Sydney, NSW

National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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