William Delafield Cook, Senior Australia, 1861-1931
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About William Delafield Cook, Senior
Born in Melbourne in 1861, William Delafield Cook studied under John Ford Patterson and was a member of the Council of the Victorian Artists Society for many years and exhibited regularly. He was a member of the heidelberg School, and known as a painter of landscapes and seascapes.
In our database, 308 works by William Cook, Senior are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1969, of which 205 (67%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $8,425 for Towards Sydney Heads sold by Leonard Joel in July 1982. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.
William Delafield Cook, Senior is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 342
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 299
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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