Paul Ashton Delprat (born 1942) is an Australian artist and the
Principal of
The Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney's oldest continuous fine art school. His art is held in the
National Gallery of Australia
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and in state, municipal and university galleries as well as numerous private collections.
Early life
Delprat was born in Sydney, Australia, grandson of Julian Howard Ashton, great grandson of
Julian Ashton
Julian Rossi Ashton (27 January 185127 April 1942) was an English-born Australian artist and teacher. He is best known for founding the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and encouraging Australian painters to capture local life and scenery '' ...
CBE and great grandson of Guillaume Daniel Delprat CBE. He first painted with his grandfather, Howard Ashton, and later gained a Diploma from the
Julian Ashton Art School
The Julian Ashton Art School was established by Julian Ashton in 1890 as the "Academy Julian", (perhaps a reference to the Académie Julian in Paris) has been an influential art school in Australia. For a long time it was known as the Sydney Art ...
. During his student years Delprat won the
Waratah Festival sculpture and drawing prizes and the Robert Le Gay Brereton Drawing Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He studied art in Paris and London.
Art and teaching career
His work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia and the
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The Broken Hill Propri ...
collections. Delprat has held over twenty one man exhibitions in Sydney and has also shown in all Australian state capitals and London. Exhib. the Archibald, Sulman and Wynne prizes.
His portrait of Banjo Paterson hangs in The Banjo Paterson Library at Sydney Grammar School, his portrait of Rodney Seaborn at the Rodney Seaborn Library, NIDA, University of New South Wales, and his portrait of Lady Paquita Mawson in the Barr Smith Library at the University of Adelaide. He taught art at the Australian International Independent School, Sydney, was appointed art master at
Newington College
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(1967–1970) before teaching at the
University of Sydney
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and the
University of New South Wales
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. He became Principal of the
Julian Ashton Art School
The Julian Ashton Art School was established by Julian Ashton in 1890 as the "Academy Julian", (perhaps a reference to the Académie Julian in Paris) has been an influential art school in Australia. For a long time it was known as the Sydney Art ...
in 1988. In 1990 he initiated the Scholarship Program at the school, which includes The Sir
William Dobell
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, The
John Olsen
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Brett Whiteley
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and The Art Express Scholarships.
Community involvement
Delprat is Patron of the Mosman Art Society Patron of Portrait Artists Australia and a former Mosman Citizen of the Year, 1996. He is an Associate of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales.
He has acted as a judge of art awards including the RAS, The Mosman Art Prize and throughout Australia. He has received an award for bushcare from Mosman Council.
Principality of Wy
In 1993 Delprat applied to
Mosman Council
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The Mayor of Mosman Council is Councillor, Cr. Carolyn Corrigan, a representative of ...
to build a driveway over an unmade road near Wyargine Reserve, to provide access to his property. The proposal was controversial because the road reserve had been zoned environmentally-protected bushland by the Council. Delprat's plans were approved in principle, but he encountered bureaucratic errors which had to be remedied by the local council. After 11 years the Council finally rejected the application, whereupon, in a ceremony at Mosman Town Hall on 15 November 2004, the mayor, in full regalia, accepted Deplrat's declaration of the secession from Mosman of his property, styled the "Principality of Wy". Delprat has adopted the title "Prince Paul of Wy". He calls his "principality" an "ongoing creative installation".
Film work
For the 1969 motion picture ''
Age of Consent
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'', starring
Helen Mirren
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and
James Mason
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, directed by
Michael Powell
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, and based on the novel by
Norman Lindsay
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, Delprat created paintings, drawings and sculptures of Helen Mirren. In 1994, he created the paintings and drawings of
Elle Macpherson
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,
Portia de Rossi
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and
Kate Fisher for ''
Sirens
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* Siren (town), Wisconsin
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'', another Lindsay-inspired film, directed by
John Duigan
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Biogra ...
, starring
Sam Neill
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and
Hugh Grant
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.
Illustrator
Delprat has published illustrations in ''
The Sydney Morning Herald
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'', ''
The Bulletin'' and ''
Quadrant'', and has illustrated numerous
Penguin Books
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– The Beach
* Cedric Flower – Aspects of Australian Erotica
*
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– Australian Painting
* Cedric Flower – Australian Artists
* The Australian Encyclopedia
*
Hilarie Lindsay – The Etchings of Paul Delprat
* Hilarie Lindsay – The Naked Gourmet
*
Gavin Souter
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He was born in Sydney, the son of a bank manager, Archibald Souter and Roma Souter, wasPhilip O'Brien, "Spinning words of gold", ''The Canberra Times'', 26 ...
– History of Mosman
* Mosman Impressions – Mosman Municipal Council
* Shirley Perrett – Mosman Art Society The First Years
References
External links
Principality of Wy websitePaul Ashton Delprat websiteJulian Ashton Art School website
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1942 births
Australian painters
Living people
Artists from Sydney
Staff of Newington College
Micronational leaders
University of Sydney faculty
University of New South Wales faculty
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