William Delafield Cook AM (1936–2015) was an Australian artist who was known for his photorealistic landscapes. He won a number of awards, including the

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Early life

Delafield Cook was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia on 28 February 1936.Obituary of William Delafield Cook, The Independent, 14 May 2015
Retrieved 13 August 2020 William Delafield Cook
Retrieved November 2012 His grandfather, who was also named William Delafield Cook, was also a painter and had links to the

Heidelberg School The Heidelberg School was an Australian art movement of the late 19th century. It has latterly been described as Australian impressionism. Melbourne art critic Sidney Dickinson coined the term in an 1891 review of works by Arthur Streeton and ...

of Australian painting. In 1962 he married 1962 Sally Patricia Bovington, with whom he had two daughters, and a son, the artist Jonathan Delafield Cook. In 1980 he won the

Wynne Prize The Wynne Prize is an Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize. As one of Australia's longest-running art prizes, it was established in 1897 from the bequest of Richard Wynne. Now held concurrently with the Sir John Sulman Prize ...

for ''A Waterfall (Strath Creek)'', and in 1981 he won the

Sulman Prize The Sir John Sulman Prize is one of Australia's longest-running art prizes, having been established in 1936. It is now held concurrently with the Archibald Prize, Australia's best-known art prize, and also with the Wynne Prize, at the Art Gallery ...

for ''A French family''. He taught at the

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. In 2013 he was appointed a Member of the

for "significant service to the visual arts as a realist painter of Australian landscapes". He died after a brief illness in London on 29 March 2015, where he had been preparing for an exhibition; he was aged 79.He had long divided his time between London and Melbourne.Australian artist William Delafield Cook dies aged 78, (31 March 2015), ''The Australian''
accessed 31 March 2015

Notes

References

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Pierse, Simon, ''Australian Art and Artists in London, 1950-1965: An Antipodean Summer''
Retrieved November 2012
Sayers, Andrew, ''Australian Art'', Oxford University Press
Retrieved November 2012

Retrieved 13 August 2020

External links

William Delafield Cook
Retrieved November 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Delafield Cook, William 1936 births 2015 deaths Australian landscape painters Wynne Prize winners Members of the Order of Australia Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom People from Caulfield, Victoria Artists from Melbourne 20th-century Australian male artists 20th-century Australian painters