Dan Russell (cartoonist)
Dan Russell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Daniel Russell 26 March 1906 Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 1999 |
| Occupation | Cartoonist, illustrator |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1928-1991 |
Daniel Russell (1906 – 1999) was an Australian cartoonist. Dan's younger brother Jim Russell was also a cartoonist.
Biography
Russell was born in Millers Point, New South Wales, the son of William John "Billy" Russell, a foreman plumber with the Sydney City Council, the president of the New South Wales Plumbers’ Union, the national secretary of the Plumbers’ Union, and unsuccessful labour candidate for the seats of Parkes and Canterbury, who was killed in a workplace accident in 1915.[1] His mother Catherine Elizabeth (nee Diggs), remarried in 1926[1] and was one of the first two woman members of an Australian Upper House of Parliament.[2]
Russell worked in advertising before World War II, after the war he travelled in United States, Mexico and Canada to study cartoon techniques. In 1952 he became a staff artist on the Truth and Daily Mirror and became involved with AM magazine. Russell was a political cartoonist in Adelaide 1953-55 on The Advertiser and from 1954-64 on The News and Sunday News in Adelaide. He then returned to Sydney and worked freelance.
Russell was a lifelong member of the Australian Black and White Artists’ Club and the president in 1977. He won a Silver Stanley for his contribution to black and white art in 1991 and was made a life member of the ABWAC the same year.
Dan Russell died in 1999 at the age of 93.
References
- ^ a b "Catherine Green and Ellen Webster – The First Women in the NSW Legislative Council". Australian Society for the Study of Labour History. Summer 1998/99. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Green (1881 – 1965)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
External links
- . National Library of Australia. 2000 Biographical cuttings on Dan Russell, cartoonist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/492870 Biographical cuttings on Dan Russell, cartoonist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals.
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