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William Edwin Pidgeon, aka 'wep',[William Edwin Pidgeon] Australian painter who won the Archibald Prize three times. He studied for a period of 6 months under J. S. Watkins.

He won the Archibald Prize in 1958 with a portrait of Ray Walker, in 1961 with a portrait of Rabbi Dr I Porush and again in 1968 with a portrait of fellow artist and friend, Dr Lloyd Rees.

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