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Dobell, William, b. 1899

William Dobell came from a working class family in Newcastle to become one of Australia's most loved artist and the creator of fashionable portraits. He ...

Grant, William Gregory, b. 1876

Artist, described by Lloyd Rees as the 'most dynamic painter' in Brisbane in the 1910s.

Green, William Ellis, b. 1923

Prolific and popular mid 20th century Melbourne newspaper cartoonist. Green made his first artistic income painting Japanese flags while stationed in New Guinea during WW2. ...

Mansell, William Arthur Byram, b. 1893

Mansell was a painter, illustrator and theatre designer whose work diverse artistic practices, which ranged from painting to set design, were very much influenced by ...

Martin, William

Mid 20th century Western Australian cartoonist who worked in Victoria and England. John Jensen says he was 'conservative' in approach and 'suspicious of people who ...

Maund, John Williams, b. 1876

John Maund (1876-1962) was a Sydney based watercolourist, arts administrator, solicitor and art collector.

McLaren, William George, b. 1923

Mid 20th century Melbourne cartoonist, animator and potter.

Mitchell, William, b. 1941

Popular late 20th century Perth and Sydney newspaper cartoonist. Mitchell won Stanley Awards for the best editorial/political cartoonist in 1985, 1987 and 1992.

Pidgeon, William Edwin, b. 1909

Popular mid 20th century Sydney cartoonist, illustrator, painter, sculptor and art critic. Pidgeon won the Archibald Prize three times - in 1958, 1961 and 1969, ...

Ricketts, William, b. 1898

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 ...

Williams, Caroline, b. 1945

New Zealand female painter who spent more time in London, Sydney and Melbourne where she married a gallery owner and exhibited extensively thereafter.

Williams, Fred, b. 1927

Fred Williams' paintings of the Australian landscape can be seen as a modernist reinterpretation of the Heidelberg tradition. He was a figurative artist who valued ...