William Delafield Cook AM (1936–2015) was an Australian artist who was known for his photorealistic landscapes.^[1] He won a number of awards, including the Order of Australia.

Early life

Delafield Cook was born in Melbourne, Australia on 28 February 1936.^{[2] [3][4]} His grandfather, who was also named William Delafield Cook, was also a painter and had links to the Heidelberg School of Australian painting.^[4][5]

In 1962 he married 1962 Sally Patricia Bovington, with whom he had two daughters, and a son, the artist Jonathan Delafield Cook. ^[2]

In 1980 he won the Wynne Prize for A Waterfall (Strath Creek), and in 1981 he won the Sulman Prize for A French family.

He taught at the University of Melbourne.

In 2013 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the visual arts as a realist painter of Australian landscapes".^[6]

He died after a brief illness in London on 29 March 2015, where he had been preparing for an exhibition; he was aged 79.^[2]He had long divided his time between London and Melbourne.^[7]

Notes

References

• Hart, Deborah; Delafield Cook, William, 1936- (1998), William Delafield Cook, Craftsman House : G + B Arts International, ISBN 978-90-5703-691-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• 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
• Obituary of William Delafield Cook, The Independent, 14 May 2015 Retrieved 13 August 2020

External links

• William Delafield Cook Retrieved November 2012