Thora Ungar b. 22 February 1911

Also known as Thora Johnston
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
20th century painter, lithographer, cartoonist and illustrator, worked for the Australian Women's Weekly during WWII. Original society cartoon drawn for the Bulletin (ML), possibly never published.

Citations

  • '(letters from Thora Ungar to Joan Kerr, 1995 and May 1999)’.

  • Speck, Cathy (1 October 1993), 'Interview with Thora Ungar’.

  • Du Rhone, Philip (11 March 2009) 'Information sourced from’.

  • Kerr, Joan, '(Interviews with Thora Ungar 1999 and 2002)’.

  • Kovats, Sabina (9 March 2009) 'Information sourced from’.

  • Germaine, Max (1991), 'A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia’, Roseville East, NSW.

  • Speck, Catherine (2004), 'Painting ghosts: Australian women artists in wartime’, Craftsman House, Sydney, NSW.

  • Australian Women’s Weekly, Sydney, NSW, 1941/1946.

  • (1999), ''Granny’s column’ (Column 8)’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW.

  • Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, 1948/1951.

  • (1988), Australian Artist, Oct, p40.

  • (1990), Australian Artist, August, pp38-39.

See also

  • 'Heritage, chapter 10, plate 431'.
  • 'Original 'society' cartoon for the Bulletin, ML c.1930 (a corny joke about men and marriage).'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions