William Delafield Cook
William Delafield Cook AM | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 February 1936 Caulfield, Victoria,Australia |
| Died | 29 March 2015(aged 79) London, England |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Parent(s) | Rodin Cook and Dorothy C. Cook nee Newing. |
William Delafield CookAM(1936–2015) was an Australian artist who was known for his photorealistic landscapes.[1]He won a number of awards, including theOrder of Australia.
Early life
[edit]Delafield Cook was born inMelbourne,Australia on 28 February 1936.[2][3][4]His grandfather, who was also named William Delafield Cook, was also a painter and had links to theHeidelberg Schoolof Australian painting.[4][5]
In 1962 he married 1962 Sally Patricia Bovington, with whom he had two daughters, and a son, the artist Jonathan Delafield Cook.[2]
In 1980 he won theWynne PrizeforA Waterfall (Strath Creek),and in 1981 he won theSulman PrizeforA French family.
He taught at theUniversity of Melbourne.
In 2013 he was appointed a Member of theOrder of Australiafor "significant service to the visual arts as a realist painter of Australian landscapes".[6]
He died after a brief illness in London on 29 March 2015, where he had been preparing for an exhibition; he was aged 79.[2]He had long divided his time between London and Melbourne.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^"return of a realist".The Australian Women's Weekly.National Library of Australia. 2 July 1975. p. 81.Retrieved31 March2015.
- ^abcObituary of William Delafield Cook, The Independent, 14 May 2015Retrieved 13 August 2020
- ^"Family Notices".The Argus.Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 7 March 1936. p. 17.Retrieved31 March2015.
- ^abWilliam Delafield CookRetrieved November 2012
- ^"PERSONAL".The Australasian.Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 29 August 1931. p. 9.Retrieved31 March2015.
- ^It's an Honour.Retrieved 3 April 2015
- ^Australian artist William Delafield Cook dies aged 78, (31 March 2015),The Australianaccessed 31 March 2015
References
[edit]- Hart, Deborah; Delafield Cook, William, 1936- (1998),William Delafield Cook,Craftsman House: G + B Arts International,ISBN978-90-5703-691-0
{{citation}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Pierse, Simon,Australian Art and Artists in London, 1950-1965: An Antipodean SummerRetrieved November 2012
- Sayers, Andrew,Australian Art,Oxford University PressRetrieved November 2012
- Obituary of William Delafield Cook, The Independent, 14 May 2015Retrieved 13 August 2020
External links
[edit]- William Delafield CookRetrieved November 2012
