Marcus Wills

Marcus Wills
His Archibald Prize winning painting was based on this print by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder

Marcus Wills (b.1972) is an Australian artist. He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1995.

He was the winner of the 2006 Archibald Prize for his painting of The Paul Juraszek Monolith, which was based on an engraving by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.[1]

In 2000, he won the second Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship.[2]

References

Awards
Preceded by
John Olsen
Archibald Prize
2006
for The Paul Juraszek Monolith
Succeeded by
John Beard



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