William Arthur Salmon (9 April 1928 – 27 October 2018), generally known as Bill Salmon, was an Australian painter. Bill was born in

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the son of John Walter Salmon (died 20 September 1956) and his wife Clarice Bennett Salmon (née Taylor) of Camperdown and studied at the

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1946–1949 and the

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School in Melbourne then the

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in London 1950–1952. He taught art at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts 1953–1957, during which time he painted a mural of St. Francis of Assisi for the Assisi Hall, Campbelltown, and East Sydney Technical College 1959–1962. He appeared regularly (as "Apelles") in the Arts segment of the

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children's programme on ABC radio from 1963, succeeding Jeffrey Smart ("Phidias"), and has appeared on television interviewing artists including

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and

Roland Wakelin Roland Wakelin (17 April 1887 – 28 May 1971) was a New Zealand-born Australian painter and teacher. Early life Roland Shakespeare Wakelin was born on 17 April 1887 in Greytown, New Zealand. He studied at Wellington Technical School from 190 ...

. He also appeared as the Australian host of Transworld Top Team on ABC TV from 1967 to 1968. He painted a portrait of poet

Charles Rischbieth Jury Charles Rischbieth Jury (13 September 1893 – 22 August 1958), generally known by his initials or full name, was a poet and academic in Adelaide, South Australia, who spent much of his working life in Europe. History Charles was born in Glenel ...

held by Elspeth Ballantyne.Barbara Wall, 'Jury, Charles Rischbieth (1893–1958)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jury-charles-rischbieth-10653/text18931, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 20 August 2015.

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*''Encyclopedia of Australian Art'' Alan McCulloch,Hutchison of London, 1968 {{DEFAULTSORT:Salmon, William Australian painters 1928 births 2018 deaths Australian mid-20th century modern painters