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1936
Born, Melbourne
1962
Married Sally Bovington
STUDIES
1953-55
Teachers' Secondary Training Certificate (Art & Craft), Caulfield
Technical College, RMIT, University of Melbourne
1959-60
Italian Government Scholarship
1960-62
Bath Academy of Art, Corsham
TERTIARY TEACHING AND RESIDENCIES
1962-73
Lecturer in Liberal Studies, including the history of art, photography
and film, Maidstone Art School, Kent
1968
Lecturer in Photography, Bath Academy of Art, Corsham
1970
Lecturer in Painting, Prahran Technical College, Melbourne
1973-74
Artist in Residence in Berlin at the invitation of the DAAD Program
1975-77
Artist in Residence, University of Melbourne
AWARDS
1957
Joint Winner of the Aubrey Gibson Prize, Melbourne
1971
Georges Invitation Prize , Melbourne
1980
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1981
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1967
William Delafield Cook: English Paintings 1966-67,
Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne 25 June-6 July
1970
Bill Delafield Cook : Real Art, Powell Street Gallery,
Melbourne, March April
1971
William Delafield Cook: Redfern Gallery, London, April-May
1972
William Delafield Cook: Ten Drawings,
Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, October-November
1973
William Delafield Cook: New Paintings and Drawings
Redfern Gallery, London, June
1974
William Delafield Cook, Berliner Kunstlerprogramm (DAAD), Akademie
der Kunste, Berlin, June-July
1975
William Delafield Cook: New Paintings and Drawings,
Redfern Gallery, London, April
1976
William Delafield Cook: Survey Exhibition,
University of Melbourne Gallery, May-June plus tour to
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, July-August,
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Sept-October,
Art Gallery of South Australia, November-December
1979
William Delafield Cook: New Paintings and Drawings,
Redfern Gallery, London, October
1987
William Delafield Cook: Mid-career Survey,
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, June-July
William Delafield Cook: Selected Works:1958-1987,
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, November-December
1998
William Delafield Cook: Paintings, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney,
November
William Delafield Cook: Drawings, Sherman Galleries, Sydney October-November
William Delafield Cook: Paintings & Drawings,
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, December
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1956-58
Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne
Contemporary Art Society, Melbourne
1961
Young Contemporaries, Royal British Society of Artists, London
Moulton Gallery, London
1962
Artists of Promise, Nottingham
New Arts Centre, London
1963
Australian Painting and Sculpture in Europe Today,
New Metropole Arts Centre, Folkestone and Frankfurt
1965
New Arts Centre, London
1967
Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney
1970
Gardens of Delight, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1971
Georges Invitation Prize, Melbourne
1972
Relativerend Realisme, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland and Palais
des Beaux Arts, Brussels
1973
Perth International Drawing Prize,
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Recent Australian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Dusseldorf Art Fair, Maltzhan Gallery
Travelodge Art Prize, Sydney
30 International Artists, DAAD, Bonn
1974
Freie Berliner Kunsteaustellung (Free Berlin), Berlin
The Supernatural Image, Geelong Art Gallery and
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
1975
Contemporary Art Society Art Fair, Mall Galleries, Melbourne
Realismus und realitat (Realism and Reality) , Kunsthalle, Darmstadt
1976
Australian Realist Painters, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
1977
Illusion and Reality, Organised by the Australian National Gallery
Canberra (National Gallery of Australia) February. Toured all Australian
State Galleries.
Winter Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, South Yarra, Melbourne
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1978
Some Recent Acquisitions, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Autumn Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, South Yarra, Melbourne
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1980
Spring Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, South Yarra, Melbourne
Realist Art: Selected Works from the Permanent and Michell Endowment
Collections, Banyule Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1981
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Aspects of New Realism:1981 - Travelling Art Exhibition,
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Spring Exhibition, Joseph Brown Gallery, South Yarra, Melbourne
1982
Patrick White's Choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1983
Recent Australian Painting - A Survey:1970-1983,
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
A Melbourne Mood: Cool Contemporary Art, Australian National Gallery,
Melville Hall, Australian National University, Canberra
1985
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1986
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Backlash: The Australian Drawing Revival 1976 - 1986,
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1987
Field of Figuration, Murdoch Court,
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Jack Manton Prize 1987: Recent Works by Fourteen Australian
Artists, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Australian Landscape Painting, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne
(Museum of Modern Art, Heide)
The ANZ Bicentennial Art Commissions, Toured nationally 1987-1988
1988
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1989
The Jack Manton Exhibition 1989: Recent Works by Twelve Australian
Artists, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1995
Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1997
Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
The Real Thing, The Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Rockhampton City Art Gallery, Queensland
University of Melbourne Art Collection, Melbourne
Monash University Collection, Melbourne
Deakin University Collection, Melbourne
Artbank, Sydney
Joseph Brown Collection, Melbourne
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand
Wesfarmers Collection, Perth
Pacific Road, Sydney
ANZ Bank Collection, Sydney
Commonwealth Bank Collection, Melbourne
Commercial Union Insurance, Melbourne
State Bank of Victoria Collection, Melbourne
National Australia Bank Collection
Sussan Corporation Collection, Melbourne
BHP Collection, Melbourne
Coles-Myer Collection, Melbourne
ACTU Collection, Melbourne
Heracles Nominees Collection, Melbourne
TAN Airlines, Miami
Numerous private and corporate collections in Australia, the United
Kingdom, the United States and Europe.
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