Fred Lowen

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century caricaturist, one of the 'Dunera Boys' interned in Hay and Tatura during the Second World War.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Fred Lowen
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Arrival
  • 1940
Active Period
  • c.1941
Cultural Heritage
  • Jewish
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

caricaturist, was one of the “ Dunera Boys “, Jewish refugees arriving in Australia from England at the beginning of WWII who were interned at Tatura internment camp for enemy aliens. The Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne has catalogued, registered and stores the Dunera/Internment Collection of approximately 2,000 items.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
The Dunera Boys
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Frederick Schonbach
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Erwin Fabian
1915
Artist (Sculptor), Designer (Industrial / Product Designer), Artist (Printmaker), Designer (Graphic Designer)
associate of
Klaus Friedeberger
1922
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack
1893
Artist (Industrial / Product Designer), Artist (Performance Artist), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
Dr Behr, an occupant of the Tatura internment camp, caricatured by fellow internee, Fred Lowen
Date
1941
Illustrated in NLA News May 1997, 14-15. (Jewish Museum of Australia).
Collections
Citations:
  • (May 1997), NLA News, (Place: Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, pp 14-15)