W. R. W.

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
A mid 20th century commercial artist who created the cover for John Carishon's "A Tangled Skein of Smouldering Hatreds and Ambitions and Illicit Love".
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
W. R. W.
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • commercial artist
Active Period
  • c.1940- c.1949
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

commercial artist, initialled ('W R W’) the colour cover of Death of a Fan Dancer , 'A Tangled Skein of Smouldering Hatreds and Ambitions and Illicit Love’ by John Carishon, 'A Magpie Selected Story No.59’, published by Frank C. Johnson, Sydney, n.d. (1940s?), priced 2/-. The original brightly-coloured drawing with the cover is in Mitchell Library (PX D68/454).

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
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Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Franklin Johnson
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
John Carishon
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
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