Evelyn Healy b. 1912

Also known as Evelyn Shaw, Evelyn Walters, E. W.
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Melbourne and Sydney political illustrator and painter. Healy illustrated Helen Palmer's Beneath the Southern Cross, published in 1954 for the Eureka Stockade centenary.

illustrator and painter, joined the Artists’ branch of the Communist Party of Australia at Melbourne in 1937, aged 24. It included cartoonists, commercial artists, painters, lithographers, and a model (who later convened the Models’ Union) into whose loft they eventually crowded for meetings. Healy produced banners and signs. In 1941 she married Charlie Walters and moved to Sydney. Their son Max was born in Sydney in June 1942. By 1949 the marriage was 'long over’ and Evelyn later married Bill Armstrong (died 1976), then Kevin (?) Healy. She illustrated Helen Palmer’s Beneath the Southern Cross , published in 1954 for the Eureka Stockade centenary.

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