William Salmon (painter)
William Arthur Salmon (9 April 1928 – 27 October 2018),[1] generally known as Bill Salmon, was an Australian painter.
Bill was born in
Slade School of Art
in London 1950–1952.
He taught art at the
East Sydney Technical College
1959–1962.
He appeared regularly (as "Apelles"Argonauts' Club children's programme on ABC radio from 1963, succeeding Jeffrey Smart ("Phidias"), and has appeared on television interviewing artists including Clifton Pugh, Sidney Nolan and Roland Wakelin.
He also appeared as the Australian host of
ABC TV
from 1967 to 1968.
He painted a portrait of poet Charles Rischbieth Jury held by Elspeth Ballantyne.[4]
References
- ^ "William SALMON Death Notice - Dungog, New South Wales | The Sydney Morning Herald". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 3 July 1954. p. 60. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Argonaut" presenters were given Classical names; in Bill's case after Apelles the renowned Greek painter
- ^ Barbara Wall, 'Jury, Charles Rischbieth (1893–1958)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jury-charles-rischbieth-10653/text18931, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 20 August 2015.
Sources
- Encyclopedia of Australian Art Alan McCulloch,Hutchison of London, 1968
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