Keith Martin

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century cartoonist, took over the Ben Bowyang strip from Alex Gurney. Martin's work is held at La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria.
Name
Keith Martin
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Active Period
  • c.1934- c.1937
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

cartoonist, took over the Ben Bowyang strip from Alex Gurney. One of his original drawings from the strip c.1934-37 (LT) was included in the exhibition Bluey and Curley (Global Arts Link, 2000).

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Sir Daryl Lindsay
1889
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
Bluey and Curley: portraits from an era 1939-1955
2000
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Global Arts Link, Ipswich, Qld; & Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
Citations:
  • Rodney, James (et al.), (2000), Bluey & Curley : portraits from an era 1939-1955, (Place: Ipswich, Qld : Global Arts Link & Canberra, ACT : Australian War Memorial)
  • Ryan, John, (1979), Panel by panel : a history of Australian comics, (Place: Stanmore, NSW : Cassell Australia)
  • Hayllar, Tom; and Sadler, Rex, (1982), Aussie Homour : Classic Australian humour from Henry Lawson and Lennie Lower to Dame Edna Everage, (Illustrations of Gurney and Martin versions. Place: Melbourne, Vic : Nelson, 1982, pp 144-45)