Aubrey Collette b.

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Ceylon-born cartoonist and art teacher.
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cartoonist and art teacher, was born in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). He worked as an art teacher at the Royal College, then as a political cartoonist on the Ceylon Times and Observer for fifteen years before coming to Australia in 1961. He drew illustrations for the Victorian Education Department for three years, then became a political cartoonist on the Australian , including cartoons about Aboriginal rights in 1965 (ill. King, 176-8, 186, 214 et al.); original Collette cartoon c.1966 is in ML PXD 764. In 1970 he won the Walkley Award for best cartoonist of the year.

He joined the Melbourne Herald in 1971, e.g. 'Working Wives’ 15 July 1974 (included by Christine Dixon, original NLA?). His cartoons also appeared in the New York Times , the Saturday Evening Times and the Sydney Bulletin , e.g. painter standing on canvas spilling paint to viewer inspecting photo of Spoerri-type painting on wall: “Yes, it’s not bad, considering that at that time they were still using brushes” 1964 (ill. Rolfe, 307). Honorary member of the Cartoonists’ Society of America. His son is now general manager of Opera Australia.

Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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References [<ExternalResource: King, J. (1979), 'The other side of the coin : a cartoon history of Australia', Stanmore, NSW : Cassell Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Stone, Walter (1973), '50 years of the newspaper cartoon in Australia', Adelaide, SA : The News, Adelaide in association with the Art Gallery of South Australia, p. 75.>, <ExternalResource: Walsh (1966), 'No Holts Barred', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Walsh (1967), 'Gough Syrup', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1988), '[printout]', Ballarat, Vic : City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Colombo, Ceylon : Ceylon Times.>, <ExternalResource: Colombo, Ceylon : Ceylon Observer.>, <ExternalResource: Australian.>, <ExternalResource: Melbourne, Vic : Melbourne Herald.>, <ExternalResource: New York, NY, USA : New York Times.>, <ExternalResource: New York, NY, USA : Saturday Evening Times.>, <ExternalResource: Sydney, NSW : Bulletin.>]