John Olday b. 1905

Also known as Arthur William Olday, J
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Mid 20th century European political painter and cartoonist who lived in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne in the 1950s and 1960s.
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  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA?
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Mit Teilung'.>, <ExternalResource: James, Bob (c.1970), 'John Olday's Memoirs : The Australian Period', part of 'Anarchism in Australia' : on the Radical Tradition website in 2001, www.takver.com/history/meetings/olday.htm, (apparently written by Olday himself, ungrammatically and in the third person as 'J.' c.1970).>, <ExternalResource: Harris, Mary P. (1971), 'In One Splendour Spun : Autobiography of a Quaker Artist', Kadina, SA : self published, pp 46-48.>, <ExternalResource: Peterson, Peter (c.2001), 'John Olday : Artist and Fighter for the social revolution', part of 'Anarchism in Australia' : on the Radical Tradition website in 2001, www.takver.com/history/meetings/olday.htm.>, <ExternalResource: Olday, John (1939), 'The Kingdom of Rags', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: 'Industrial Worker', [Scandinavia].>, <ExternalResource: Olday, John (1943), 'The March of Death', London, England, UK?.>, <ExternalResource: Olday, John, 'Roses and Gallows', Melbourne, Vic : [LP record].>, <ExternalResource: Olday, John, 'The Immortal Clown', Sydney, NSW : [mime play].>, <ExternalResource: 'Freedom', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: 'Black Flag', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: 'Anker', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: '[MUST : (Melbourne University Student Theatre) : An online database of student theatre at the University of Melbourne]', Melbourne, Vic : Melbourne University : http://www.must.unimelb.edu.au/view/performance.php?id=373.>, <ExternalResource: Olday, John; Kingston, Horace; & Cherry Wal (1957), 'Speak of the Devil', Melbourne, Vic : Melbourne University : The Union Theatre Repertory Company.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Mit Teilung'.>, <ExternalResource: James, Bob (c.1970), 'John Olday's Memoirs : The Australian Period', part of 'Anarchism in Australia' : on the Radical Tradition website in 2001, www.takver.com/history/meetings/olday.htm, (apparently written by Olday himself, ungrammatically and in the third person as 'J.' c.1970).>]