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.
Creator details
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- Date of birth
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1876
- Date of death
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1951

Woman with blue parasol c.1950
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

Girl with goat c.1945-51
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The yellow house c.1945-50
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Backyard and fence c.1945-50
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Jungley backyard c.1945-50
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Bimbimbie c.1945-50
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Red-roofed shed c.1945-50
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Suburban sketch c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

Horses and tree trunks c.1945-50
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Casuarina and beach c.1945-50
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Venetian blinds c.1946-51
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Bathers and rocks c.1945-50
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Landscape sketch c.1945-50
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Channel to the beach c.1945-50
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Trees at the beach c.1945-50
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Cows and trunks c.1945-50
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The house next door c.1945-50
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House amid trees c.1945-50
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Seated in sunlight c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

(Trees and sea) c.1946-51
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Beyond the garden fence c.1945-50
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Palms at sunset c.1945-50
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Trees, fence and house c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

The dead forked tree c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

Path to the house c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

Trees and blue fence c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

Rocks and beach c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

Coast with trees c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

Back of house, Nundah c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

Jacaranda in the yard c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

Backyard scene c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator

Backyard with goat c.1945-50
- GRANT, W.G. - Creator
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