The William Fletcher Foundation ( formerly Trust)

The William Fletcher Foundation is a charitable Foundation listed on the Register of Cultural Organizations. As such, it has Australian Taxation Office endorsement as a taxation deductible gift recipient and as an income tax exempt charitable entity. (ACN 121 495 341)

The objects of the Foundation are to promote Fletcher’s work, to assist the development and advancement of young talented artists in need and to further the cause of art education in New South Wales .  In 2005, the Trust which began in 1985, received an unexpected yet welcome bequest which guarantees the continued value of the awards. In 2006, it was incorporated and was renamed the William Fletcher Foundation .

William Fletcher 1924-1983

In the estimation of many, William Fletcher is one of the finest painters of Australian wildflowers this country has produced, combining botanical accuracy of detail with groupings and settings that are evocative of the harsh conditions of bush and desert, in paintings marked by their draughtsmanship and fine colour