Jack Baird b. 1902

Also known as John Forsythe Baird, John Baird, John F. R. W. Baird
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Mid 20th century painter and cartoonist. Baird was a foundation member of the Society of Australian Black and White Artists, along with 24 other men. In his forties, he became known for his oil paintings, especially for his portrait of 'Model of the Year' Patricia "Bambi" Tuckwell in 1946.

Citations

  • 'NSW Birth Records : 35376/1902’.

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

  • Lebovic, Josef (1996), 'Australian Miscellany (collectors’ list 55)’, Paddington, NSW: Josef Lebovic Gallery, cat.62.

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

  • Rainbow, Brenda (1998), '“Golden Years of Cartooning” 1920 to 1940: Featuring the works of Stan Cross & more than twenty cartoonists of the same era’, Coffs Harbour, NSW: Bunker Cartoon Gallery.

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

  • (1946), Sydney, NSW: Pix, 09-07, pp 18-19.

  • Blaikie, George (1966), 'Remember Smith’s weekly?: a biography of an uninhibited national Australian newspaper, born: 1 March 1919, died: 28 October 1950’, Adelaide, SA: Rigby, p 91.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists