Ashton, John William (Will)

Entry type: Person

Occupation

Artist, Gallery Director, Writer of Inscription
Gender

Male
Birth Date

20th September 1881
Death Date

1st September 1963

Copy specific notes

John William (Will) Ashton was an artist and gallery director. His academic-impressionist paintings were popular in Australia. A friend of Menzies, Ashton was a member of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board from 1918 to 1962 (chairman from 1953). He was director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1937 to 1944.

Source

Harper, Katherine. Ashton, Sir John William (Will) (1881-1963), Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Published in hard copy 1979, accessed online 18 December 2012.

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Member

Commonwealth Art Advisory Board
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Art in Australia, A Quarterly Magazine : The Art of Will Ashton (Third Series, No. 28., June 1929)
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Author

The Life and Work of Artist W. Ashton (1960), copy 1
Author

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Parent

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Contributor

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