William Lister Lister
William Lister Lister (born December 27, 1859 in Sydney , † November 6, 1943 in Sydney) was an Australian painter who won the Wynne Prize seven times .
Life
He is the son of John Armitage Lister and his wife Eliza Kirkby, b. Bateson born. In 1868 he attended the Bedford School, studied art with Mr. Rudge and a year later in Paris at the Pont Ste Maxence. 1876-1880 he studied mechanical engineering at the College of Science and Art in Glasgow at the Fairfield Engineering Works, then he worked as a marine engineer in a Cardiff necklace. He spent four years by the sea and toured America , the Caribbean and the entire Mediterranean . In 1876, while studying mechanical engineering, Lister joined the St. Mungo Art Club in Glasgow and had already exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1884 he went to London to begin a career as a professional artist and teacher. In 1900 he was appointed curator of the National Gallery of New South Wales and 1919-1943 vice president of the gallery. His earlier work Outdoorder Yorkshire Moore laid the foundation for his later recognition as a landscape artist of the Plein-Air School ( plein air painting ).
Wynne Prize Winner
- 1898 - The Last Gleam
- 1906 - The Golden Splendor of the Bush
- 1910 - Mid Song of Birds and Insects Murmuring
- 1912 - Sydney Harbor
- 1913 - Federal Capital Site
- 1917 - Windswept Marshes
- 1925 - Track through the Bush
Exhibitions
- Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Wales
- Royal Institute of Oil Painters
- Royal Empire of Artists
- from 1889 he exhibited regularly at the Royal Society of Art and Gallery Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd's in Sydney
Awards
- Commonwealth Government Prize for painting the Federal Capital site
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lister, William Lister |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1943 |
| Place of death | Sydney |