John Richard Flanagan b. 1895 Sydney, New South Wales

Also known as:
  • Jack Flanagan
  • Jack F.
  • Artist (Printmaker) , (Draughtsman) , (Painter) , (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Early 20th century Sydney born painter printmaker, magazine illustrator and Bulletin cartoonist. Spent some time working in the United States.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
John Richard Flanagan
Also known as:
  • Jack Flanagan
  • Jack F.
Birth date
1895
Birth place
Sydney, New South Wales
Birth note
1894 according to McCulloch & Lebovic
Death date
1964
Death place
USA, USA?
Death note
Uncertain
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Residence
  • c.1916- c.1964 USA
  • 1895- 1916 Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1915- c.1964
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Royal Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

illustrator and cartoonist, was born in Sydney. He attended Dattilo Rubbo 's evening art classes at the Royal Art Society of NSW for five years and also received help and criticism from Norman Lindsay . He contributed to the Bulletin where, Douglas Stewart wrote, 'his flair with the pen seemed almost as if it would rival Norman Lindsay’s [like Percy Leason ]. He too went to America and became that country’s highest-paid magazine illustrator’ (Stewart, 21). Bulletin cartoon published 6 May 1915, 40, signed 'Jack. F.’, The Strike 'CHARON: “Hey! You go slower, or I chuck it. D’ye think I can ferry women and children across as well as armies?” (re WWI).

Flanagan left Australia in 1916 and never returned to live, though he revisited Sydney in 1927 to hold a successful exhibition of his work. He became famous in the US for his scraper-board illustrations in Cosmopolitan , Colliers , etc.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Norman Lindsay
1879
Artist
child of
Patrick J. Flanagan
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née McCoy or MacCoy Rose H. Flanagan
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Norinc Flanagan
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
sibling of
Lillian I. Flanagan
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
sibling of
Francis P. Flanagan
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
A. Dattilo-Rubbo
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Percy Leason
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Royal Art Society of NSW
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
'Blood and Sand [Spanish bull-fight scene]'
purchased Australian Fine Art Galleries, 1927 for £78.15.0
Collections
[solo exhibition]
1927
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Australian Fine Art Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales
Citations:
  • NSW Marriage Records: 224/1894
  • NSW Birth Records: 28919/1895; 2688/1894; 189700167/1897; 14414/1903
  • (1929), Fifty Years of Australian Art 1879-1929, (Place: Sydney: Royal Art Society of New South Wales)
  • Stewart, Douglas, (1977), Writers of the Bulletin: 1977 Boyer Lectures, p 21, (Place: Sydney, New South Wales: Australin Broadcasting Corporation)
  • McCulloch, Alan, (1984), Encyclopedia of Australian Art, (Place: Melbourne, Victoria (2nd edn))
  • Guptil, Arthur W., (1928), Drawing with Pen and Ink (or Brush?), (Place: New York: Pencil Points Press)