Frank Bennier b. 13 December 1919

Also known as Benier, Frank Benier
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Popular mid 20th century Adelaide, Sydney and London newspaper cartoonist and painter. Benier's first cartoon appeared in the Adelaide Express & Journal in September 1934 at the age of 14. Years later the cartoonist was unable to recall the specifics of that first paid gag, only that he spent his entire earnings from it on lollies.

Citations

  • Rafty, Tony with Mack, Brodie (September 1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning’, Sydney, NSW: Blaxland Gallery, .

  • Hayllar, Tom and Sadler, Rex (1982), 'Aussie Humour: Classic Australian humour from Henry Lawson and Lennie Lower to Dame Edna Everage’, Melbourne, Vic. : Nelson, p.111.

  • King, Jonathan (1979), 'The other side of the coin: a cartoon history of Australia’, Stanmore, NSW: Cassell Australia (Revised edition).

  • Stone, Walter (1973), ’50 years of the newspaper cartoon in Australia’, Adelaide, SA: The News in association with the Art Gallery of South Australia, p 75.

  • (1986), 'Australian Black-and-White Artists Club Book of Originals’, Sydney, NSW: Australian Black-and-White Artists Club/ Art Gallery of New South Wales (178.1988.1-102).

  • (1998), '(obituary)’, Sydney Morning Herald, 10-24, p.120.

  • Malcolm [ill.] (1998), '(obituary)’, Australian, 10-27, p.16.

  • World War II Nominal Roll: Army website.

  • Jensen, John (1989), 'Australasian Cartoonists in Britain 1889-1988’, London, England, UK.

  • (1985), 'Australia’s magnificent cartoonists’, Sydney, NSW: Bulletin, 11-12, p 99.

See also

  • 'self-portrait in 'Australia's magnificent cartoonists', Bulletin, 12 November 1985, p.99'.
  • '(Self?) portrait, ill. King, p.218'.
  • 'Bennelong cartoon, ill. King, p.183'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists