Stan Cross b. 3 December 1888

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Significant mid 20th century newspaper comic strip artist. Created 'Wally and the Major', 'The Potts' and 'For gorsake, stop laughing: this is serious!'.
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associate of
Cecil Lawrence Hartt
1884
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Hartt, Cec
associate of
Donald Friend
1915
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
George Blaikie
Other occupation
associate of
Claude McKay
Other occupation
associate of
Virgil
Other occupation
parent of
Sue Cross
Other occupation
associate of
Frank Marien
Other occupation
spouse of
Jessie Cross
Other occupation
friend of
Miguel Mackinlay / McKinlay
1888
Artist (Painter), Artist (Graphic Designer)
associate of
Jack Baird
1888
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Finey
1888
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Mollie Horseman
1888
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Eric Ernest Jolliffe
1888
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Carl Raymond Lyon
1888
Artist (Painter), Artist (Theatre / Film Designer), Artist, Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Kerwin Maegraith
1888
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Alfred Arthur Mailey
1888
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
B.E. Minns
1888
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Norman Mitchell
1888
Artist (Screen Artist), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Petrov
1888
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Wanda Radford
1888
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Other occupation (Performance Artist)
associate of
Jim Russell
1888
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Alexander Phillip Sass
1888
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
David Henry Souter
1888
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Dorothy Wall
1888
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Henry John Weston
1888
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)

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References [<ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Drawing from Life: a history of the Australian Black and White Artists' Club', Sydney, New South Wales : State Library of New South Wales Press, (Material largely from Cross).>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane, '[Material collected for 'Drawing from Life']', Sydney, New South Wales : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (ML PxA 641), Includes Cross's letter to Blaikie re being a cartoonist on Smith's (much of which is published in his book).>, <ExternalResource: (25 November 1933), 'Mr and Mrs Pott-and Whalesteeth', Smith's Weekly supplement, Article about Stan Cross with illustrations by him, cited Caban, p41.>, <ExternalResource: Arnold, John; and Morris, Deirdre (eds.) (1994), 'Monash Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Australia', Port Melbourne, Victoria : Reed Reference Publishing, p.134.>, <ExternalResource: de Berg, Hazel, 'Oral History Tape', Canberra, ACT: National Library of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Blaikie, G. (1975), 'Remember Smith's Weekly? : a biography of an uninhibited national Australian newspaper, born 1 March 1919, died 28 October 1950', Adelaide, Victoria : Rigby, pp. 58-67.>, <ExternalResource: Caban, G. (c.1983), 'A fine line : a history of Australian commercial art', Sydney, New South Wales : Hale & Iremonger, pp. 39-40.>, <ExternalResource: Cross, Stan (c.1921), 'Australian Humour in Pen and Ink', Sydney, New South Wales : A. C. Stanford, n.d.>, <ExternalResource: Germaine, Max (1997), 'Max Germaine's artists and galleries on CD-ROM [electronic resource] : the essential reference of contemporary art in Australia', Millers Point, New South Wales : Macquarie MultiMedia.>, <ExternalResource: Kemsley, James (1993), 'Stan Cross', Melbourne, Victoria : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, [Ritchie, John (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The inked-in image : a social and historical survey of Australian comic art', Richmond, Victoria : Hutchinson of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Rafty, Tony; with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning', Sydney, NSW : Blaxland Gallery, 11-19 Sept 1964.>, <ExternalResource: Rainbow, Brenda (1998), '"Golden Years of Cartooning" 1920 to 1940: Featuring the works of Stan Cross & more than twenty cartoonists of the same era', Coffs Harbour, NSW : Bunker Cartoon Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Ryan, John (1979), 'Panel by Panel : a history of Australian comics', Stanmore, NSW : Cassell Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Shiell, Annette (ed.) (1999), 'Bonzer: Australian Comics 1900s-1990s', Redhill South, Vic. : Elgua Media / Binara Publishing.>, <ExternalResource: Shiell, Annette; and Unger, Ingrid (1994), 'Ace Biographical Portraits... 1930s-1990s', Clayton, Vic. : National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University.>, <ExternalResource: (1981), Age, 11-19.>, <ExternalResource: (1980), Australian Magazine, (29-30 Nov 1980), p.3.>, <ExternalResource: (1977), Herald, 06-17, p.3.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Cross, Sue.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White', Sydney, New South Wales : S.H. Ervin Gallery.>] [<ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Drawing from Life: a history of the Australian Black and White Artists' Club', Sydney, New South Wales : State Library of New South Wales Press, (Material largely from Cross).>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane, '[Material collected for 'Drawing from Life']', Sydney, New South Wales : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (ML PxA 641), Includes Cross's letter to Blaikie re being a cartoonist on Smith's (much of which is published in his book).>, <ExternalResource: (25 November 1933), 'Mr and Mrs Pott-and Whalesteeth', Smith's Weekly supplement, Article about Stan Cross with illustrations by him, cited Caban, p41.>]