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Paul Delprat | |
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| Prince of Wy | |
 Paul Delprat in 2011 | |
| Reign | 15 November 2004 – |
| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) |
| Wife | Susan Delprat |
Paul Ashton Delprat (born 1942) is an Australian artist and as of 2023 [update] the principal of the Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney's oldest continuous fine art school. His work is represented in state, municipal and university galleries as well as numerous private collections.
Delprat was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1942, [1] the grandson of Julian Howard Ashton, [2] great grandson of Julian Ashton CBE [3] and great grandson of Guillaume Daniel Delprat CBE. [4]
He first painted with his grandfather, Howard Ashton, and later gained a Diploma from the Julian Ashton Art School. During his student years Delprat won the Waratah Festival sculpture and drawing prizes and the Robert Le Gay Brereton Drawing Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He studied art in Paris and London.
His work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia and the BHP collections. Delprat has held over 20 one-man exhibitions in Sydney and has also shown in all Australian state capitals and London.[ citation needed ]
His portrait of Banjo Paterson hangs in the Banjo Paterson Library at Sydney Grammar School, his portrait of Rodney Seaborn at the Rodney Seaborn Library at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, and his portrait of Lady Paquita Mawson in the Barr Smith Library at the University of Adelaide.
In the mid-1960s he taught art at the Australian International Independent School, Sydney. In 1967 he was appointed senior art master at Newington College and in 1970 he performed in the cast of the school’s production of The Tempest. Produced by an English master, Max Iffland, it was staged in the style of the rock musical Hair with original music composed by students John Taberner and Crispin Dye. [5] [6] In 1971 he began teaching at the University of Sydney and later at the University of New South Wales. He became the Principal of the Julian Ashton Art School in 1988. In 1990 he initiated the Scholarship Program at the school, which includes The Sir William Dobell, The John Olsen, The Brett Whiteley and The Art Express Scholarships.[ citation needed ]
As of 2023 [update] he is principal of the Julian Ashton Art School. [7]
Delprat is patron of the Mosman Art Society [8] patron of Portrait Artists Australia and a former Mosman Citizen of the Year, 1996. He is an Associate of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales (RAS). He has acted as a judge of art awards including the RAS, The Mosman Art Prize and throughout Australia. He has received an award for bushcare from Mosman Council.[ citation needed ]
In 1993 Delprat applied to Mosman Council to build a driveway over an unmade road near Wyargine Reserve, to provide access to his property. The proposal was controversial because the road reserve had been zoned environmentally-protected bushland by the Council. [9] Delprat's plans were approved in principle, but he encountered bureaucratic errors which had to be remedied by the local council.[ citation needed ] After 11 years the Council finally rejected the application, whereupon, in a ceremony at Mosman Town Hall on 15 November 2004, the mayor, in full regalia, accepted Deplrat's declaration of the secession from Mosman of his property, styled the "Principality of Wy". Delprat has adopted the title "Prince Paul of Wy". He calls his "principality" an "ongoing creative installation". [10]
For the 1969 motion picture Age of Consent , starring Helen Mirren and James Mason, directed by Michael Powell, and based on the novel by Norman Lindsay, Delprat created paintings, drawings and sculptures of Helen Mirren. In 1994, he created the paintings and drawings of Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi and Kate Fisher for Sirens , another Lindsay-inspired film, directed by John Duigan, starring Sam Neill and Hugh Grant. [11]
Delprat has published illustrations in the Sydney Morning Herald , The Bulletin , and Quadrant , and has illustrated numerous Penguin Books.[ citation needed ]
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