William Edwin Pidgeon (WEP) (1909-1981)

Australian artist William Edwin Pidgeon (WEP) was born today in 1909.

WEP's son Peter Pidgeon has created an amazing digital archive on Flickr of WEP's life, digitising artwork/correspondence and ephemera from across his lengthy career.

Peter Pidgeon also maintains a blog Pidgeon Post - an Insight into the life of Australian Artist, Bill Pidgeon (WEP) 1909-1981, adding contextual notes to WEP's papers.

Australian Dictionary of Biography Entry.

Below: WEP'S 1950 Archibald winning Self Portrait.

Below: Two paintings created by WEP during a tour of New Guinea during World War Two.