William Delafield Cook was born in Melbourne and studied with John Ford Paterson. He was a council member of the VAS and axhibited regularly with them.
Cook was a painter in the trditional manner, but art critics have noted the influence of French impressionism in many of his works.
represented: Art Gallerry Of West Australia, many private collections in Australia and overseas.
References:
McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 342.
Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day., Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 299.