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.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
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)
Collections
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)