[caption id="attachment_440" align="aligncenter" width="650"] William Delafield Cook, Farm, 2006-2011. 101.5 x 122cm[/caption] Olsen Irwin are proud to announce that William Delafield Cook has been named on the Queen's Birthday 2013 Honours List for significant service to the visual arts as a realist painter of Australian landscapes. Born 1936 in Melbourne, Delafield Cook has lived between Australia and the UK since 1962. Part of an artistically gifted family, his grandfather, also William Delafield Cook, was a painter associated with the Heidelberg School and his son Jonathan Delafield Cook is also a successful artist, represented by Olsen Irwin. William Delafield Cook's works are held in private and public collections world wide - including the Art Gallery of NSW,?National Gallery of Victoria,?National Gallery of Australia. Olsen Irwin would like to congratulate all recipients of the Queen's Birthday Honours. A full list can be viewed here.