Noel Counihan b. 1913

Also known as Noel Jack Counihan, Cunningham, Barry, Leon, Snap, Yakka
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Important mid 20th century Melbourne political painter, printmaker, cartoonist and caricaturist.

Citations

  • Lindsay, Jack (1979), 'War or Peace’, Gryphon Press, Melbourne, Vic., 12 linocuts by Counihan and poems by Lindsay.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition), Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Crayford, Michael.

  • Information sourced from Grant, Ian F.

  • de Berg, Hazel, '[Oral History Tape]’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The inked-in image: a social and historical survey of Australian comic art’, Hutchinson of Australia (New edition), Richmond, Vic., pp.55-56.

  • Merewether, Charles (1984), 'Art and Social Commitment’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • Smith, Bernard (1993), 'Noel Counihan, Artist and Revolutionary’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Smith, Robert (1980), 'Noel Counihan Prints 1931-1981: A catalogue raisonné (and CD)’, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, NSW.

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

  • Thomson, John (1964), 'Five to Remember’, Lansdowne, Melbourne, Vic.

  • King, J. (1976), 'The Other Side of the Coin: a Cartoon History of Australia’, Cassell Australia (1st edn), Stanmore, NSW, p.136.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists