Francis William Mahony b. 11 March 1905

Also known as Francis William Mahony, Will Mahony, Will Mahony
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Sydney cartoonist, illustrator, commercial artist and printmaker, Mahoney was sacked from the Daily Telegraph in 1945 after refusing to draw a certain political cartoon demanded by the editor.

Citations

  • King, Jonathan (1979), 'The other side of the coin – a cartoon history of Australia’, Cassell Australia (Revised edition), Stanmore, NSW.

  • (1997), '20th Anniversary Exhibition Collectors’ List No.63’, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, NSW.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The inked-in image – a social and historical survey of Australian comic art’, Hutchinson of Australia (new edition), Richmond, Vic.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1983), 'The way we were – Australian popular magazines 1856 to 1969’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Rafty, Tony (with Mack, Brodie) (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning’, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1991), 'Labor in cartoons – cartoons of the Australian Labor Party in Victoria 1891-1990’, Senyard, June, ed., Hyland House, South Yarra, Vic.

  • Stewart, Douglas (1977), 'Writers of the Bulletin’, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, NSW, p 36.

  • Stone, Walter (1973), ’50 years of the newspaper cartoon in Australia’, The News, Adelaide (in association with the Art Gallery of South Australia), Adelaide, SA, p 79.

  • (1941), 'War Cartoons and Caricatures of the British Commonwealth’, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

  • Butler, Roger, '[NGA website]’, National Gallery of Australia www.australianprints.gov.au.

See also

  • 'Self portrait drawing at a desk, ill. King, page 137'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists