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Power, John Joseph Wardell, b. 1881
Painter, author, patron, philanthropist. After World War I he travelled to Europe and studied art where his abstract compositions reflect a life of leisure and ...
Warner, Ernest, b. 1902
Printmaker, was commissioned for various bookplates which frequently appeared in Art in Australia between 1923 and 1925. The popularity of Warner's prints seemed to decline ...
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Cornish, Muriel Warren, b. 1893
Sydney-born illustrator, printmaker, craftsperson and painter. Cornish studied art privately with Albert Collins and attended Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School in the early 1930s. She ...
Warren, Guy, b. 1921
Warren is a painter who began his career at the Bulletin, later studying privately with J.S. Watkins and studied art in Australia and England. Returning ...
Warren, Helena, b. 1871
Self-taught photographer who became both the local press correspondent and a producer of humorous trompe l'oeil postcard images.
Waterhouse, Bertrand James, b. 1876
B.J. Waterhouse was a Sydney architect who was actively involved in the NSW art world during the first half of the twentieth century, both as ...
Watkins, John Samuel, b. 1866
John Samuel Watkins (1866-1942) was an English born portrait painter. He is best known for operating a popular Sydney based art school during the early ...
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Hawkins, Weaver, b. 1893
One of the great advocates for contemporary art in New South Wales. After he was left on the Western Front in World War I, he ...
Wedd, Montague Thomas Archibald, b. 1921
Wedd was a Sydney cartoonist, designer and comic book artist who worked on the nation's earliest animated film "Marco Polo vs the Red Dragon". He ...
Weir, Margaret B., b. 1856
Weir was a painter, art teacher and gifted needleworker, though she regarded this element of her artistic life as a hobby. A student at the ...
Weitzel, Frank (Friedrich), b. 1905
Weitzel is a New Zealand printmaker, sculptor and decorative artist who lived in Sydney during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Furniture by the artist ...
Welding, Dorothy
Professional photographer, had a studio in Sydney in the 1930s. She took a photograph of Florence Taylor (ML PXA 218, no.18) reproduced with the Taylor ...
Wells, Samuel Garnet, b. 1885
Popular political and sporting cartoonist who worked predominantly in Melbourne, Victoria. A number of his cartoons from the 1920s-50s are in the collection of the ...
Wenban, Raymond Stewart, b. 1893
Mid 20th century Sydney, Melbourne and London illustrator, painter and printmaker, Wenban studied art with Julian Ashton and Elioth Gruner. In 1954 he was one ...
Wentcher, Tina, b. 1887
Sculptor and carver. Trained in Paris and Berlin and well travelled through Greece, Italy, Egypt, Abyssinia, and S.E. Asia before settling in Victoria following the ...
Penberthy, Wesley, b. 1920
Winner of the 1955 Sulman Award. Pemberthy studied under Norman Lindsay in New South Wales.
Weston, Henry John, b. 1874
Cartoonist, painter, commercial artist and architect. Weston was a member of many clubs and societies, and associated with many of Australia's now famous cartoonists and ...
Weston, Nora Kate, b. 1880
Whilst studying woodcarving in London 'Chips' formed a lifelong friendship and working relationship with fellow student Eirene Mort. Upon return she taught woodcarving, carpentry and ...
Wheeler, Charles Arthur, b. 1880
painter and art teacher, Melbourne. His artwork 'The Fancy Dress' 1909 was shown in the Fine Art Society's Galleries, Melbourne. Another artwork of his is ...
White, Cyril Leyshon, b. 1891
Early 20th century Melbourne painter and advertising artist.