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GRANT, W.G.
1876 - 1951

1876, Brisbane – 1951, Brisbane

William Gregory Grant was educated at Brisbane Grammar School, where he was taught art by James Cowan. An accountant by profession, Grant studied art in the evenings at Brisbane’s Central Technical College under R Godfrey Rivers. He began exhibiting with the Queensland Art Society in 1900, was elected a fellow of the Society in 1904, and became a committee member the same year. He was awarded the Society’s coronation medal and made a life member in 1937. Grant was actively engaged in the promotion of art in Queensland — in 1919, he became a member of the advisory committee to the art department of the Central Technical College; he was a trustee of the Queensland National Art Gallery from 1945 until his death; from 1923 to 1930, he was a member of the Queensland National Art Gallery’s Advisory Committee; and, from 1947, he was a member of the John Darnell Fine Arts Committee of the University of Queensland.

Principal country
Australia QLD
Date of birth
1876
Date of death
1951
Artwork Woman with blue parasol this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on paper, created in 1948-01-01

Woman with blue parasol c.1950
Artwork Trees and blue fence this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Trees and blue fence c.1945-50
Artwork Low-set house with palms this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Low-set house with palms c.1945-50
Artwork House amid trees this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

House amid trees c.1945-50
Artwork Seated in sunlight this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Seated in sunlight c.1945-50
Artwork Landscape with burnt trees this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Landscape with burnt trees c.1945-50
Artwork Potted plants at Bimbimbie this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Potted plants at Bimbimbie c.1945-50
Artwork Backyard and fence this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Backyard and fence c.1945-50
Artwork Channel to the beach this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Channel to the beach c.1945-50
Artwork The dead forked tree this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

The dead forked tree c.1945-50
Artwork Palms with yellow sunset this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Palms with yellow sunset c.1945-50
Artwork Five horses grazing near the beach this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Five horses grazing near the beach c.1945-50
Artwork The house next door this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

The house next door c.1945-50
Artwork Venetian blinds this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on smooth wove paper, created in 1946-01-01

Venetian blinds c.1946-51
Artwork (Sketch of dark cottage with palms) this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

(Sketch of dark cottage with palms) c.1945-50
Artwork Casuarina with dead trunks this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Casuarina with dead trunks c.1945-50
Artwork Rocks and beach this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Rocks and beach c.1945-50
Artwork Suburban house with palms this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Suburban house with palms c.1945-50
Artwork Beyond the garden fence this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Beyond the garden fence c.1945-50
Artwork Bathers and rocks this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Bathers and rocks c.1945-50
Artwork Corner of Bimbimbie with table and chair this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Corner of Bimbimbie with table and chair c.1945-50
Artwork Trees, fence and house this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Trees, fence and house c.1945-50
Artwork Coast with trees this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Coast with trees c.1945-50
Artwork Trees at the beach this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Trees at the beach c.1945-50
Artwork Cows and trunks this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Cows and trunks c.1945-50
Artwork Path to the house this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Path to the house c.1945-50
Artwork (Trees and sea) this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on smooth wove paper, created in 1946-01-01

(Trees and sea) c.1946-51
Artwork Girl with goat this artwork made of Watercolour and gouache and pencil on wove paper, created in 1945-01-01

Girl with goat c.1945-51
Artwork Suburban yard (unfinished) this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Suburban yard (unfinished) c.1945-50
Artwork Casuarina and beach this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Casuarina and beach c.1945-50
Artwork Alamandas in a blue vase this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Alamandas in a blue vase c.1945-50
Artwork Beach cottage and casuarina this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Beach cottage and casuarina c.1945-50
Artwork Palms at sunset this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Palms at sunset c.1945-50
Artwork Jungley backyard this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Jungley backyard c.1945-50
Artwork Bimbimbie this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Bimbimbie c.1945-50
Artwork Back of house, Nundah this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Back of house, Nundah c.1945-50
Artwork Jacaranda in the yard this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Jacaranda in the yard c.1945-50
Artwork Two white and a brown horse this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Two white and a brown horse c.1945-50
Artwork Hut in the bush, North Qld this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on paper, created in 1946-01-01

Hut in the bush, North Qld c.1946-47
Artwork Cottage, palms and view to sea this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Cottage, palms and view to sea c.1945-50
Artwork Backyard scene this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Backyard scene c.1945-50
Artwork Backyard with goat this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Backyard with goat c.1945-50
Artwork The dividing fence this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

The dividing fence c.1945-50
Artwork The yellow house this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

The yellow house c.1945-50
Artwork Landscape sketch this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Landscape sketch c.1945-50
Artwork Veranda at Bimbimbie (unfinished) this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1940-01-01

Veranda at Bimbimbie (unfinished) c.1945-50
Artwork (Scene with paper repair) this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

(Scene with paper repair) c.1945-50
Artwork Red-roofed shed this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Red-roofed shed c.1945-50
Artwork Suburban sketch this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Suburban sketch c.1945-50
Artwork Sunset scene (unfinished) this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1945-01-01

Sunset scene (unfinished) c.1945-50

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