Paul Delprat

Paul Ashton Delprat (born 1942) is an Australian artist and teacher. he is the principal of the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, New South Wales. His work is represented in state, municipal, and university galleries as well as numerous private collections. He is the self-proclaimed "prince" of his "Principality of Wy" in Mosman, Sydney.

Early life and education Paul Ashton Delprat was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1942. He is the grandson of Julian Howard Ashton (known as Howard), great-grandson of Julian Ashton and on one side and of Guillaume Daniel Delprat on the other.

Delprat attended Sydney Grammar School.

In 1971 he began teaching at the University of Sydney and later at the University of New South Wales. He became the Principal of the Julian Ashton Art School in 1988. In 1990 he initiated the scholarship program at the school.

he is principal of the Julian Ashton Art School. Illustrator Delprat has published illustrations in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Bulletin, and Quadrant, and has illustrated numerous Penguin Books.

Film For the 1969 motion picture Age of Consent, starring Helen Mirren and James Mason, directed by Michael Powell, Delprat created paintings, drawings, and sculptures. and Portrait Artists Australia. His work has been selected for the Sulman Prize and Wynne exhibitions. Delprat's plans were approved in principle, but he encountered bureaucratic errors which had to be remedied by the local council. After 11 years, the council finally rejected the application, whereupon, in a ceremony at Mosman Town Hall on 15 November 2004, the mayor, in full regalia, accepted Deplrat's declaration of the secession from Mosman of his property, styled the "Principality of Wy". Delprat has adopted the title "Prince Paul of Wy". He calls his "principality" an "ongoing creative installation".