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Vigano, Maria Teresa, b. 1884
Maria Teresa Vigano was a painter. She was born in Milan, Italy in 1884. With her husband she came to Melbourne in 1928. In Australia ...
Vincent, Alfred James, b. 1874
A Federation era Bulletin cartoonist and painter, based mainly in Melbourne, Alfred Vincent was the first visual artist to join the Melbourne Savage Club.
Wager, Rhoda, b. 1875
jeweller, operated a successful jewellery business in Sydney from 1916 until her retirement in 1946.
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Wakelin, Roland, b. 1887
Modernist painter, Roland Wakelin, was born in New Zealand in 1887. He moved to Sydney, Australia in 1912 where he studied under Antonio Dattilo Rubbo ...
Walker, Anna Frances, b. 1830
A prolific botanical painter, Anna Frances Walker won many awards for her flower paintings, although always proudly remaining an amateur gentlewoman.
Walker, Mary Augusta, b. 1856
As a portrait painter, Walker trained in Europe at institutions such as the Slade School in London and Colarossi's in Paris. She received commissions from ...
Walker, Rose A., b. 1879
Painter and miniaturist, exhibited in Melbourne from c.1920s-1940s. Founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters art group.
Wall, Dorothy, b. 1894
Wall was a mid 20th century Sydney and New Zealand illustrator and author whose published work, while considerable, does not accurately reflect just how much ...
Waller, Mervyn Napier, b. 1893
World War I veteran printmaker, painter, stained glass artist, mosaic artist and muralist. whose work epitomised Art Deco in Australia. Husband of Christian Waller.
Ward, J. E., b. 1866
Late colonial period cartoonist and illustrator. Painter of Birds of Paradise and native life in Papua.
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, Joyce, b. 1887
20th century photographer, was supported by her family for her travels around Australia and Europe. Her photographs were exhibited with the South Australian Photographic Society.
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 ...
Watson, Janet, b. 1910
Watson comes from a prominent Aboriginal family from the lower Murray region of South Australia. She learnt weaving from her older female relatives - the ...
Watts, James Laurence, b. 1849
Sculptor and painter, first full time curator Qld Art Gallery 1915. Best known for Boer War Memorial sculpture "The Scout" 1912, and busts of - ...
Webb, Archibald Bertram, b. 1887
Painter, commercial artist and teacher, was born in Ashford, Kent, on 4 March 1887. He contributed illustrations to English magazines before coming to Perth in ...
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 ...
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 ...