Frank Mahony b. 1862

Also known as Francis Mahony, Frank Prout Mahony, Frank Mahoney, Frank P. Mahony
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Federation-era painter, illustrator and Bulletin cartoonist. He is known for depictions of bush topics, especially horses and action subjects, in both paintings and cartoons.

Citations

  • Pedley, Ethel C. (1899), 'Dot and the Kangaroo’, London, UK.

  • Andrews, B.G. (1966), 'Francis Mahony’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Pike, D., Shaw, A., Clark, M., Nairn, B., Serle, G., and Ward, R., eds, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Cook, David (1986), 'Picture postcards in Australia 1898-1920’, Lilydale, Vic : Pioneer Design Studio.

  • Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White’, National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

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

  • Vane, Lindesay (1979), 'The inked-in image – a social and historical survey of Australian comic art’, Hutchinson of Australia, Richmond, Vic., p 14.

  • McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Second edition, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Mills, Carol (1985), 'Illustrators: Frank Mahony’, Canberra University Library, Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books, and Authors, Canberra, ACT, pp 5-11.

  • Redde, Titian (1899), 'Artists in Australia: I. Frank Mahony’, Bookfellow, March, 25, pp 32-37.

  • (1918), Sydney, NSW : Art in Australia (Series 1), Number 4.

  • (2001), Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Vic., May.

  • Illustrated Sydney News.

  • (1886), 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Sydney Mail.

  • Sydney, NSW : Australian Town and Country Journal.

  • (1899), Sydney, NSW : Bookfellow, 03-25, p 37.

  • (1893), London, England, UK : Antipodean (no.2).

  • Mack, Louise (1897), 'Teens’, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, NSW.

  • Lawson, Henry (1896), 'While the Billy Boils’, Angus and Robertson, (2nd series 1914), Sydney, NSW.

  • Lawson, Henry (1923), 'On the Track and Over the Sliprails’, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, NSW.

  • Sydney, NSW : Bulletin.

  • (2000), Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne, Vic., July.

  • 'Joan Kerr Archive’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

See also

  • 'Self-portrait caricature mentioned by Mills (shows he was tall).'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists