Theo Batten b. 11 June 1918

Also known as Theo Harley Batten
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late 20th century Sydney comic strip artist and illustrator and the creator of the 'Lucky Cat' strip that appeared in the Sun Herald in the late 1970s/early 1980s. In 1972 Batten won an Walkley Award for an Australian Women's Weekly illustration.

Citations

  • (1986), 'Australian Black-and-White Artists Club Book of Originals’, Sydney, NSW : Australian Black-and-White Artists Club / Art Gallery of New South Wales (178.1988.1-102).

  • 'PICMAN’, Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales.

  • (2003), '[obituary]’, Inkspot, Number 37, June, p.5.

  • 'World War II Nominal Roll’, www.ww2roll.gov.au.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists