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An insight into the life of Australian artist, Bill Pidgeon (Wep) 1909 – 1981
Posted on May 18, 2013 by Pidgeoncoop
Have spent the day on the beach watching a regimental anniversary picnic. Quite a GOOD SHOW marred only by the untimely death of the pig for the greasy pig race. Poor bastard snuffed it about 2 hours before it was due to appear in the race!
Continue ReadingPosted on May 5, 2013 by Pidgeoncoop
Too tired to get up, stayed in bed until 12.30 then went to Australia House to get my letters. Very upset, none from Bill.
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Posted on May 24, 2012 by Pidgeoncoop
WARNING: if somebody offers to sell you this painting today, do not be tempted. However much you might like it (and your view was shared by the Archibald prize judges in 1958), you should decline politely and call the police, because it was stolen from Sydney’s Journalists’ Club on Saturday. Bill Pidgeon’s portrait of journalist [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2012 by Pidgeoncoop
Artist extraordinaire William (Bill) Pidgeon or WEP as he was affectionately known by his humourous cartoons and illustrations, made his home and established his studio at Northwood in 1941. At the time he was still drawing for the Daily and SundayTelegraph and the Australian Women’s Weekly where he had become famous nationally for his iconic [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2012 by Pidgeoncoop
Welcome speech given by Peter Pidgeon at the opening of the William Edwin Pidgeon Retrospective at Artarmon Galleries, 8 May 2012 I would like to thank you all for coming tonight in support of this, the first retrospective of my father, Bill Pidgeon and especially to Bill’s long time friends; Tony Rafty, Ann Carr-Boyd and [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on June 30, 2011 by Pidgeoncoop
Man From Snowy A Rum Chap By L. W. LOWER JINDABYNE, Thursday. It was a proud moment for the Daily Telegraph Polar expedition when it bought all the eggs in Jindabyne. The whole six of them. The hens had staged a stand-up strike. The butcher here is a butcheress, and wields a classy cleaver. A [...]
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Posted on June 30, 2011 by Pidgeoncoop
A Far Cry From Home, Minus Handkerchief By L. W. LOWER JINDABYNE, Wednesday. Damn all Test matches. I strolled down to the Jindabyne pub last night to listen to the test match. All was bright and gay within. Without, bleakness had set in in large frozen chunks. The time came when I had to return [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2011 by Pidgeoncoop
Sat 22-Sep-56: Left Sydney 10:30pm – slept most of the way to Darwin. Plane very empty. Sun 23-Sep-56: Took off 8:05am. Arrived at Singapore 3:55pm. Saw Ian Hamilton and had fun at ‘Happy World’. Slept at Raffles Hotel. Cashed £5 [Berrimah, Northern Territory] 7am Sunday Dear Mugs, Had a magnificently smooth trip up and landed [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2011 by Pidgeoncoop
In 1956, acclaimed Australian artist, William Edwin Pidgeon (WEP) was issued with a Visa for travel behind the “Iron Curtain” to Hungary and Romania as part of a cultural exchange program. This series of posts will include extracts from letters he sent back home to his wife, Dorothy describing his adventures and depicting the places, [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2010 by Pidgeoncoop
Grimm Tale of Man IN Snowy River By L. W. LOWER JINDABYNE, Monday. I, myself, personally, alone, and unaided, have crossed the Snowy River on foot in my downy underpants. This, so far as I know, has never been done before. As for me, it will not be done again within living memory. Asked by an [...]
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