Alexander George Gurney b. 1902

Also known as Alex Gurney
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Popular and prolific mid 20th century newspaper cartoonist. Worked in Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide and widely published elsewhere. Creator of 'Bluey and Curley'.
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Name
Alexander George Gurney
Also known as Alex Gurney
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Birth date
1902
Birth place
Portsmouth, England, UK
Death date
4 December 1955
Death place
Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1926 - c.1955
Arrival
  • c.1902
Residence
  • c.1933 - c.1955 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1932 - c.1933 Adelaide, SA
  • c.1927 - c.1932 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1926 - c.1927 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1915 - c.1926 Hobart, Tas.
  • c.1902 - c.1926 Tas.
Training
  • Hobart Technical School, Hobart, Tas.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists
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References [<ExternalResource: Blaikie, George (1966), 'Remember Smith's weekly?: a biography of an uninhibited national Australian newspaper, born: 1 March 1919, died: 28 October 1950', Adelaide, South Australia: Rigby.>, <ExternalResource: Gurney, Alex (1938), 'Ben Bowyang', Caulfield, Victoria: Edgar H. Bailllie (for the Herald & Weekly Times).>, <ExternalResource: James, Rodney (curator) (2000), 'Bluey and Curley: Portraits from an Era 1939-55', Ipswich, Queensland: Global Arts Link (in association with Australian War Memorial).>, <ExternalResource: Johnson, Joseph (1994), 'Laughter and the Love of Friends: A Centenary History of the Melbourne Savage Club 1894-1994 and A History of the Yorick Club 1868-1966', Melbourne, Victoria: Melbourne Savage Club.>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The inked-in image: a social and historical survey of Australian comic art', Richmond, Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia, (New edition).>, <ExternalResource: 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, New South Wales: Bunker Cartoon Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Foyle, Lindsay (2000), 'Larrikin strip that served its country well', The Australian, 08-08.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Gurney, Margaret.>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Drawing from life: a history of the Australian Black and White Artists' Club', Sydney: State Library of New South Wales Press.>, <ExternalResource: Gurney, David (2000), 'Bluey and Curley, two very influential characters', [in James, Rodney, 2000, op cit].>, <ExternalResource: Gurney, Alex (1926), 'Tasmanians Today: Caricatures and Cartoons', Tasmania.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in black and white', Sydney, New South Wales: S.H. Ervin Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Gurney, Margaret, 'About Alex Gurney', www.megeron.com.au/gurneyart/alexgurney.htm.>, <ExternalResource: 'Joan Kerr Archives', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.>]