Knox, William
Artist Name: William Knox
Category: Painting
Title: “The Derwent”
Size: 24x36
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Style: Realism
Subject: Nautical
Created: 1920-1930
Inventory #: 1286
William Knox (1880 - 1945)
Biography
Knox was born in Handsworth, near Birmingham, England. As a boy he painted both seascapes and landscapes. He moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, and spent much of his time by the sea sketching and painting ships with great technical detail. The late John Gibbon of Birmingham, president of the Royal Society of Artists, recognized Knox’s talent and persuaded him to take up painting professionally Knox became known as one the foremost marine and ship artists of the twentieth century and he is represented in many public and private collections.
1880 Born, Adelaide
1917-21 Trained at the National Gallery School, Melbourne, under Bernard Hall
1918 Became member of the Victorian Arts Society (subsequently on Council)
1919 Elected to Australian Art Association (subsequently on Council)
1945 Died
Exhibitions
1918 Australian Art Association, Melbourne
1919 Sale of the Baldwin Spencer Collection, Melbourne
1920 Exhibition of paintings by W.D. Knox in his studio, Melbourne
1921 Australian Art Association, Fine Arts Gallery, Melbourne
1923 Exhibition of landscape paintings by W.D. Knox, Anthenaeum Hall, Melbourne
1924 Australian Art Association, Melbourne
1925 Victorian Artists’ Society, Autumn Exhibition, Melbourne
1925 Australian Art Association, Melbourne
1926 Victorian Artists’ Society, Autumn Exhibition, Melbourne
1927 W.D. Knox, Grosvenor Galleries
1927 Australian Art Association, Melbourne
1927 Victorian Artists' Society, Autumn Exhibition, Melbourne
1928 Victorian Artists' Society, Autumn Exhibition, Melbourne
1929 W. Rubery Bennett presents the recent work of W.D. Knox, Australian Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
1929 Exhibition of oils by W.D. Knox, The Sedon Galleries, Melbourne
1930 Australian Art Association, Melbourne
1933 Australian Art Association, Anthenaeum Gallery, Melbourne
1938 Australian Academy of Art, Education Department's Art Gallery
1941 Australian Academy of Art, Anthenaeum Gallery, Melbourne
1947 Exhibition of paintings by the late W.D. Knox, The Sedon Galleries, Melbourne
1970 Victorian Artists' Society, Winter Exhibition, Melbourne
1981 The Alec Cato Collection (Wesley College), Armadale Antiques, Melbourne
1983 McCelland Regional Gallery, Victoria
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Armidale City Art Gallery
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Bendigo Art Gallery
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum
University Gallery, University of Melbourne
Wesley College (The Alec Cato Collection)
Eagle and Globe Steel Company
Kelvin Club
Numerous private collections
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