Kenneth Slessor b. 1901 Orange, NSW

Also known as:
  • Kenneth Schloesser
  • Kenneth Adolf Slessor
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Influential 20th century poet, journalist and sketcher.
Name
Kenneth Slessor
Also known as:
  • Kenneth Schloesser
  • Kenneth Adolf Slessor
Birth date
27 March 1901
Birth place
Orange, NSW
Death date
30 June 1971
Death place
Mater Misericordiae Hospital, North Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Rookwood cemetery, Rookwood, NSW
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
Other Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Poet
Active Period
  • c.1908- c.1971
Languages
  • English
Training
  • c.1916 Stott and Hoare's design school, Sydney, NSW
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

poet, journalist and sketcher, studied art and drawing at Stott and Hoare’s design school in Sydney c.1916. He was always good at drawing and often decorated his letters with sketches. He drew his own Christmas cards from c.1908/9 onwards.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Mollie Horseman
1911
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Joseph Lynch
1897
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Joan Morrison
1911
Artist (Painter), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Virgil Reilly
1892
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Eric Ernest Jolliffe
1907
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Nils Josef Jonsson
1890
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Frank Lynch
1895
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
George Molnar
1910
Artist (Painter), Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Kate O'Brien
1914
Artist (Industrial / Product Designer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Petrov
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Citations:
  • Haskell, Dennis, (2002), 'Slessor, Kenneth Adolf (1901 - 1971)', (Place: Melbourne, Vic : in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, [Ritchie, J. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, pp 259-262)
  • Dutton, Geoffrey, (1991), Kenneth Slessor: A Biography, (Place: Melbourne, Vic : Viking Penguin)