John Santry b. 19 December 1910

Also known as Terence John Santry, T. J. Santry, Jack Santry
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Mid 20th century Sydney painter, illustrator and cartoonist Santry taught drawing to Architecture students at Sydney University, which may have come from his association with Lloyd Rees as part of the Northwood Group.
Tags: Northwood group, Sydney Harbour

Citations

  • Collie, Bryan; & Holst, Jillian (1985), 'John Santry : A Retrospective’, Melbourne, Vic : Melbourne Art Exchange, with introduction by Joanna Mendelssohn & Lloyd Rees, plus 'Personal Memories’ by Santry.

  • McCulloch, Alan; & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art’, St Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin (3rd revised edition).

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

  • Santry, John; with Bond, Helen (c.1990), 'John Santry : an autobiography’, Kenthurst, NSW : John Santry.

  • Information sourced from Mendelssohn, Joanna.

  • Tom Thompson 'Missing link’ of Northwood Group, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 September 1984

  • Barbara Blackman “Terence John Santry Interview”

    http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn672834

  • Rosslyn Beeby “Fame at last” The Age 22 April 1985

  • 'Talented Artist Joins leading advertising agency.’ Brisbane Courier-Mail, 31 October 1936, p.17 (Santry, here described as 'Jack’, leaves a position with an advertising agency to return to Sydney, then to the UK for further study). Illus. portrait. Replaced at the agency by Roy Dalgarno

See also

  • '"...working out composition for self portrait with background of the subjects I use for my inspiration" 1950, pen and wash on paper, 24 x 32 cm (cat.38 in retrospective).'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists