Bernard Hesling b. 8 June 1905

Also known as
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Bernard Hesling was a mid-20th century UK-born painter who lived and worked in Sydney from 1928 until 1962, when he moved to Adelaide. He was a designer and muralist in the 1950s and later a successful vitreous-enamel painter who did much to foster vitreous-enamel artwork on steel plate in Australia. He was also a cartoonist, journalist and author of humorous autobiographical books.
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References [<ExternalResource: Blaikie, George (1966), 'Remember Smith's weekly? : a biography of an uninhibited national Australian newspaper, born, 1 March 1919; died, 28 October 1950', Adelaide, SA : Rigby.>, <ExternalResource: Germaine, Max, C-D Rom.>, <ExternalResource: Hesling, Bernard (1963), 'The Dinkumization and Depommification of an artful English Immigrant', Sydney, NSW : Ure Smith (reprinted as The Dinkum Pommie 1964).>, <ExternalResource: Hesling, Bernard (1974), 'Around the World on an Old Age Pension', Adelaide, SA : Lynton Publications.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan; & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art', St Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin (3rd revised edition).>, <ExternalResource: Rafty, Tony; with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning', Sydney, NSW: Blaxland Gallery, September.>, <ExternalResource: Coleman, Peter; & Tanner, Les (1967), 'Cartoons of Australian history', Melbourne, Vic : Nelson.>]