BUSTARD, William
1894 - 1973
1894, Yorkshire, England – 1973, Brisbane
William Bustard studied at Yorkshire’s Scarborough School of Art, and at the Battersea Polytechnic Institute and the Putney School of Art, London. Trained in stained-glass techniques, he joined the firm of James Powell & Sons in 1913. During World War One, Bustard served in the Royal Army Medical Corps (1915–18), and after the war returned to England to work for his old firm until 1921, when he and his wife migrated to Australia. They settled in Brisbane, where Bustard continued his work in stained glass, designing windows for St John’s and St Stephen’s cathedrals and St Augustine’s and St Anne’s churches, as well as for Brisbane City Hall. He was active in the Queensland art community from the 1920s and was a prominent exhibitor in the Royal Queensland Art Society’s annual exhibitions. He also exhibited with Sydney’s Society of Artists and the Australian Watercolour Institute, and held many successful solo exhibitions. Bustard was chair of the Queensland National Art Gallery’s Advisory Committee (1931–37) and a foundation member of the Gallery’s Board of Trustees in 1931.
Creator details
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1894
- Date of death
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1973
![Estate of William Bustard Artwork (Farm landscape) this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on paper, created in 1930-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2004.237_001.jpg?itok=Zgc6PdTN)
(Farm landscape) c.1930s
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![QAGOMA Artwork (Monsterio) this artwork made of Watercolour wash, gouache, pen and over over pencil on paper, created in 1922-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2-1420.001_001_3.jpg?itok=s_uXQnI4)
(Monsterio) c.1927
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![William Bustard Estate Artwork Asleep this artwork made of Pencil on cream wove paper
on cream wove paper, created in 1940-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2-1024A.037_001.jpg?itok=h5QO3ejK)
Asleep 1940
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![William Bustard Estate Artwork (Head of a baby) this artwork made of Pencil on cream wove paper
on cream wove paper, created in 1939-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2-1024A.036_001.jpg?itok=pM1i7vpK)
(Head of a baby) 1939
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![William Bustard Estate Artwork The barn this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1939-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0269_001_3.jpg?itok=rXwkpXKK)
The barn 1939
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![William Bustard Estate Artwork Summer haze this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1937-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0306_001_3.jpg?itok=nJwkTRSZ)
Summer haze 1937
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![William Bustard Estate Artwork Customs House, Brisbane this artwork made of Colour linocut on wove paper, created in 1931-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2-1016_001.jpg?itok=TuxhcMzW)
Customs House, Brisbane 1931
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![William Bustard Estate Artwork Brisbane townscape this artwork made of Oil on board, created in 1928-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2018.126_001.jpg?itok=6_LwB8S3)
Brisbane townscape 1928
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![William Bustard Estate Artwork (Sketch of a car) this artwork made of Pencil on paper, created in 1927-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2-1420.005b_001.jpg?itok=LHJir0Cj)
(Sketch of a car) 1927
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![William Bustard Estate Artwork Evening light this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1927-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2018.125_001.jpg?itok=0BTp3FkR)
Evening light 1927
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![William Bustard Estate Artwork Seaside scrub this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil, created in 1925-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0146_001_4.jpg?itok=EOeGnbVl)
Seaside scrub 1925
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![QAGOMA Artwork Barge on the Thames this artwork made of Watercolour and gouache over pencil on wove paper, created in 1914-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-1762_001_4.jpg?itok=yI0UWDG2)
Barge on the Thames 1914
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![William Bustard Estate Artwork Figure studies this artwork made of Pencil on cream wove paper](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2-1023_001.jpg?itok=E_v61sz2)
Figure studies
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