Vernon Lorimer b. c.1889

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Early 20th century Melbourne trained cartoonist, illustrator and commercial artist. Most of Lorimer's illustrative work was done for the NSW Bookstall Company.

Citations

  • O’Sullivan, E. (Miss) (December 1916), 'Vernon Lorimer, artist and soldier, has just passed beyond the Great White Cloud…’, Sydney, NSW : Bulletin, Obituary (n.b.: Lorimer was, in fact, only wounded).

  • Butler, Roger (1993), 'Poster art in Australia : the streets as art galleries : walls sometimes speak’, Canberra, ACT : National Gallery of Australia, p.11.

  • Lebovic, Josef; & Warner, Sandra (1988), 'Fifty years of Australian printmaking : Sydney Long to Eric Thake’, Paddington, NSW : Josef Lebovic Gallery.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art’, Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd revised edition).

  • Hanks, Elizabeth (1982), 'Australian art and artists to 1950 : a bibliography based on the holdings of the State Library of Victoria.’, Melbourne, Vic : Library Council of Victoria.

  • Mills, Carol (1991), 'The New South Wales Bookstall As A Publisher’, Canberra, ACT : Mulini Press.

  • Ladd, Brian; with Krell, Alan (1983), 'The artist & the city : travelling art exhibition 1983’, Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales.

  • (1915), 'Australian Imperial Force : Nominal Roll : 5th Infantry Brigade, 6th Field Ambulance – “A” Section’, Canberra, ACT : Australian War Memorial, 03-31.

  • 'World War I Personnel Records B2455’, Canberra, ACT : National Archives of Australia.

  • (1912), Sydney, NSW : Lone Hand, 08-01, pp.322-23.

  • (1912), The Comic Australian, January.

  • (1923), Triad, 08-10, p.40.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists