Alex McRae

Also known as McRae
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Sydney [and/or?] Adelaide cartoonist. 'McRae', a cartoonist on the Adelaide Mail during WWII, was presumably Alex McRae.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Alex McRae
Also known as McRae
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Residence
  • c.1941 Adelaide, South Australia
  • c.1930 Sydney, New South Wales
Active Period
  • c.1930- c.1941
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

cartoonist, contributed to the Sydney Mail , e.g . The responsibilities of business ( with 'Business’ being tied up by red tape/taxes) 13 August 1930, 7; Throwing stones at Gibraltar (about cricket) Sydney Mail 16 July 1930, 7. 'McRae’, a cartoonist on the Adelaide Mail during WWII, was presumably Alex McRae.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Sir Daryl Lindsay
1889
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
War Cartoons and Caricatures of the British Commonwealth
1941
Exhibition ()
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Citations:
  • (13 July 1930), Sydney Mail, (1930-08-13 (p. 7). Place: Sydney, NSW (p. 7))
  • (1941), War Cartoons and Caricatures of the British Commonwealth, (Place: Ottawa, Canada : National Gallery of Canada)