John Bainbridge b. 1919

  • Artist (Printmaker)
Illustrator who worked in Australia during WWII. Bainbridge's work includes linocut covers for the Melbourne publication 'New Theatre Review' in the early 1940s. Later worked as a poster designer for London Transport.

illustrator, did linocut covers for the New Theatre Review (Melbourne). That of November 1943 shows Germanic style soldiers, while the one for October 1944 depicts Aboriginal women (ill. Merewether, 81-82, along with covers by Bucknow, Eve Harris , Vane Lindesay , Jack Maughan and Menkhorst).

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007