Dan Russell (cartoonist)
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Dan Russell | |
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| Born | Daniel Russell 26 March 1906 Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 1999 |
| Occupation | Cartoonist, illustrator |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1928-1991 |
Dan 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 began his working life as a clerk but was soon studying art at night at the Julian Ashton Art School and at the art school of Wattie Watkins. From 1928-29 he was the secretary of the Australian Black and White Artists’ Guild and in 1937 became the treasurer of the reformed Australian Black and White Artists’ Club. He worked in advertising and commercial art for a few years prior to World War II, until Frank Johnson Publications started producing comics, providing him with the opportunity to break into cartooning. After the war Russell travelled to the United States, Mexico and Canada to study cartoon techniques. Upon his return to Australia he joined the Allied Authors and Artists publishing group. In 1952 he became a staff artist on The Truth and The Daily Mirror before becoming involved with AM Magazine. In 1953 Russell went to Adelaide joining The Advertiser as a political cartoonist. He switched to The News and Sunday Mail in 1955, where he served as an illustrator, sporting cartoonist and general humour cartoonist, until his retirement in 1970. Russell 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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