Roy Fluke b. 1921 Lambeth, London, England

Also known as:
  • R. F.
  • R. Fluke
  • Roy George Herbert Fluke
  • A. R. Fluke (attributed name)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator) , (Painter)
Late 20th century painter, cartoonist and soldier. This biography deals with Fluke's wartime cartoon parodying William Dobell's 1944 Archibald Prize entry - a portrait of Joshua Smith.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Roy Fluke
Also known as:
  • R. F.
  • R. Fluke
  • Roy George Herbert Fluke
  • A. R. Fluke (attributed name)
Birth date
1921
Birth place
Lambeth, London, England
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • soldier
Website
Active Period
  • c.1943- c.1963
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

painter, cartoonist and soldier, drew a parody of Dobell’s portrait of Joshua Smith in 1944 while serving as a gunner in the AIF: “No.96, Aesthetically speaking, the portrait is an act of homage to Rembrandt…” 1944, brush and ink with blue wash over pencil, 36.7 × 25.2 cm, signed 'R.F.’ lower left and inscribed: 'NX 110293/ Gr Fluke/ 2/2 Aust. Fld Regt/ R.A.A.-A.I.F./ Australia’, with printer’s notes verso. In it the Joshua Smith subject is a soldier and two Diggers are viewing it. The winning Dobell portrait of Joshua Smith was, as the caption implies, catalogue number 96 in the Archibald exhibition for 1943. It is unknown if Fluke’s cartoon was ever published.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
William Dobell
1899
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Joshua Smith
1905
Artist
child of
George Fluke
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Collections
Recognitions
Sulman Prize
1963
Award
Citations:
  • Australian War Memorial, (Place: Canberra, ACT: AWM Acc.no.I 1293, cat.3)