Harold Gye b. 22 May 1888

Also known as Hal Gye, James Hackston, Hacko, Harold Frederick Neville Gya
  • Designer (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Prolific early 20th century Melbourne cartoonist, illustrator, postcard designer and painter. Illustrated C.J. Dennis's 'Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'.

Citations

  • Clifford-Smith, Silas (8 April 2008) 'Information sourced from’.

  • (March 2008), 'Australiana’, Australiana Society.

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

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia.

  • McLaren, Ian F. (1983), 'Gye, Harold Frederick Neville (Hal) (1888 – 1967)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, pp 147-148.

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

  • Stone, Walter (ed.) (1973), ’50 years of the newspaper cartoon in Australia’, The News, Adelaide, South Australia (in association with the Art Gallery of South Australia), p 76.

  • McLaren, Ian (1978), 'draft Dictionary of Australian Artists biography (in file)’, Joan Kerr papers, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • State Libary of Victoria website.

  • Dennis, C. J. (1915), 'The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke’, Sydney, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson.

  • Dennis, C. J. (1917), 'The Glugs of Gosh’, Sydney, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1983), 'The way we were: Australian popular magazines 1856 to 1969’, Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press, p 83.

  • Hackston, James (Gye, Hal) (1966), 'Father Clears Out’, Sydney, New South Wales.

See also

  • 'self portrait (short and dark) with Hugh McCrae (tall and fair), Hugh McCrae and Hal Gye as Satyrs, original drawing (ML P2/185) annotated: 'Just after "Satyrs and Sunlight" came out Hugh and I went to the Artists' Ball (Vic) dressed as Satyrs. Hugh took me to a brush manufacturer and brought hair. Next we bought a sweater each and, in Alek Sass's studio, sat and sewed the hair on to the sweaters.'.
  • 'David Low, 'Hal Gye has an inspiration', caricature Lone Hand 1 June, 1914, p 30'.
  • 'David Low, Hal Gye, full-length portrait (ill. Stone, 16)'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists