Frank Dunne (cartoonist)
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Lawrence Francis Dunne (1898 – 23 December 1937), generally known as "Frank" but also as "Beau" was an Australia
n cartoonist, born in Boorowa, near Harden, New South Wales
.
While apprenticed as a process-engraver in 1914, at the outbreak of WWI
, he and his brother Bill joined the First AIF. He served with the 1st Field Ambulance from 1915 to 1919 in theatres as far apart as Gallipoli
and Pozieres
.
He joined Smith's Weekly
in 1928 as staff cartoonist and after the death of Cecil Hartt
in 1930, illustrated its Unofficial History of the AIF pages with similar joke drawings of the Australian "digger". He was in turn succeeded by Lance Mattinson. While at Smith's, he made a notable caricature of the staff artists "Seeing's Believing - Smith's Artists On Parade 30 July 1932"
Frank was also a talented painter in oils, despite his being colour-blind - his sons would help him distinguish red from green.
:
The Australian War Memorial
also shows samples of his work.
(illustrations) pub. Angus and Robertson ISBN 020714494X
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cartoonist, born in Boorowa, near Harden, New South Wales
Harden, New South Wales
Harden-Murrumburrah is a township and community in the centre of Harden Shire and is located in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales in Australia and is adjacent to both the Canberra region of the Australian Capital Territory and the Riverina Region in the southwest area of NSW...
.
While apprenticed as a process-engraver in 1914, at the outbreak of WWI
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, he and his brother Bill joined the First AIF. He served with the 1st Field Ambulance from 1915 to 1919 in theatres as far apart as Gallipoli
Gallipoli
The Gallipoli peninsula is located in Turkish Thrace , the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east. Gallipoli derives its name from the Greek "Καλλίπολις" , meaning "Beautiful City"...
and Pozieres
Pozières
Pozières is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D929 road, some northeast of Amiens between Albert and Bapaume, on the Pozières ridge.-Population:-History:...
.
He joined Smith's Weekly
Smith's Weekly
Smith's Weekly was an Australian tabloid newspaper published from 1919 to 1950. An independent weekly published in Sydney, but read all over Australia, Smith’s Weekly was one of Australia’s most patriotic newspaper-style magazines....
in 1928 as staff cartoonist and after the death of Cecil Hartt
Cecil Hartt
Cecil Lawrence Hartt was an Australian cartoonist, born in Prahran, Victoria.He joined the 18th Battalion of the First AIF early in 1915, shortly after the outbreak of WWI and was wounded twice at Lone Pine. He had been contributing cartoons and sketches to The Bulletin before enlisting, and...
in 1930, illustrated its Unofficial History of the AIF pages with similar joke drawings of the Australian "digger". He was in turn succeeded by Lance Mattinson. While at Smith's, he made a notable caricature of the staff artists "Seeing's Believing - Smith's Artists On Parade 30 July 1932"
Frank was also a talented painter in oils, despite his being colour-blind - his sons would help him distinguish red from green.
Selected works
At National Library of AustraliaNational Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia is the largest reference library of Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the...
:
- Portrait of Bert HinklerBert HinklerHerbert John Louis Hinkler AFC DSM , better known as Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator and inventor. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean...
- Parade at the Base (cartoon)
- Seascape showing Melrose's Percival Gull (painting)
- Banaher's Mate(1937 painting )
The Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in the wars of the Commonwealth of Australia...
also shows samples of his work.
Publications
Backless Betty from Bondi - poems by Kenneth SlessorKenneth Slessor
Kenneth Adolf Slessor OBE was an Australian poet and journalist. He was one of Australia's leading poets, notable particularly for the absorption of modernist influences into Australian poetry. The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is named after him.-Life:Slessor was born Kenneth Adolphe...
(illustrations) pub. Angus and Robertson ISBN 020714494X