Henry John Weston b. 1874

Also known as Harry Weston, Arry Weston, Harry J Weston
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Cartoonist, painter, commercial artist and architect. Weston was a member of many clubs and societies, and associated with many of Australia's now famous cartoonists and illustrators. He is known for drawing the cover of 'the first publication issued under the auspices of the Society of Australian Black and White Artists'
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Citations

  • Backhouse, Sue (1988), 'Tasmanian artists of the twentieth century: painters, sculptors, printmakers and photographers 1900-1985’, Hobart, Tasmania: Pandani Press.

  • Caban, Geoffrey (1983), 'A fine line: a history of Australian commercial art’, Sydney, New South Wales: Hale & Iremonger, pp 49-50, 58, 117.

  • Campbell, Jean (1988), 'Early Sydney moderns: John Young and the Macquarie Galleries, 1916-1946’, Roseville, New South Wales: Craftsman House.

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

  • Skinner, Dion H. and Kroeger, John (1968), 'Renniks Australian artists’, Unley, Adelaide, South Australia: Renniks.

  • 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.

  • McCulloch, Alan and McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art’, St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin (3rd revised edition).

  • Mills, Carol M. (1991), 'The New South Wales Bookstall Company as a publisher’, Canberra, ACT: Mulini Press, cats 19, 81, 191, 193, 194, 197, 222, 223, 224.

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

  • Souter, D. H. (1907), 'Harry J. Weston: An Australian decorator’, Sydney, New South Wales: Art and Architecture, Volume 4, Number 4 (July-August), pp 131-32.

  • (19 March 1903), 'Poster art: A talk with Harry Weston’, Melbourne, Victoria: Table Talk, p 13.

See also

  • 'David Low, "'Arry Weston at 'ome", Lone Hand 1 April 1914, p.318'.
  • 'Mick Paul, (very nice) caricature of Weston as a sailor, Lone Hand July 1907, p.280'.
  • 'Will Dyson, Caricature of Weston in 1907 Society of Arts catalogue p.33, annotated: 'HARRY J. WESTON, born in Tasmania, ought to be called 'Arry; he is so fond of 'Amstead 'Eathing on paper. His work, mostly of the poster type, is above all things jolly...'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists