Clem Seale b. 1915

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Sydney illustrator and cartoonist.
Name
Clem Seale
Birth date
c.1915
Birth note
National Portrait Gallery givers date as 1922.
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Camoufleur
Active Period
  • c.1940- c.1998
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

Illustrator and cartoonist, worked for the Sun-Herald group. Five of his original story illustrations are now in the AGWA; two were done for 'Crispin’s Day’ (30 August 1953), a Sunday serial. An original work of 1953 is in ML (PXD 764). Seale, a CPA artist mentioned by Lindsay Bryant, was apparently still alive in 1998.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Robert Emerson Curtis
1898
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Designer (Graphic Designer), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Max Dupain
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Communist Party of Australia
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Citations:
  • Gooding, Janda, (June 1997), AGWA cartoon printout, (Place: Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia [Information from])
  • (17 April 2001), PICMAN, (Place: Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales)
See also:
  • Max Dupain, 'Clem Seale and Robert Emerson Curtis', 1944?, photograph (National Portrait Gallery, Canberra).