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Title

(Head of a woman)

Artist

Douglas Watson

Australia

1920 – 1972

  • Details

    Media category
    Drawing
    Materials used
    pencil on ivory laid paper, with traces of sanguine
    Dimensions
    15.0 x 23.1 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of Ellen Waugh 2001
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    125.2001
    Copyright
    © Estate of Douglas Watson

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    Douglas Watson

    Works in the collection

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  • About

    Watson studied at the East Sydney Technical College, and won the NSW Travelling Scholarship in 1939. The Second World War delayed his departure - he was not to travel to Europe until 1947-51. In the meantime he was appointed as an official War Artist in 1942, in which capacity he served in New Guinea and Borneo. He won the Wynne Prize in 1940 and 1945. He taught at the Alexander Mackie College, Sydney from 1962 to 1972, and was well known as an artist, collector and lecturer. Watson died in 1972 aged 52.

    Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2001

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