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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See also

  • 'Alex Gurney, Xmas card showing cartoonist with Bluey and Curley on each knee, p.c. (in Bluey and Curley exhibition)'.
  • 'Alex Gurney, Alex Gurney at Work c.1940-55, pen, ink and wash on paper 34.5 x 25 cm, p.c. (illustrated Bluey and Curley catalogue, p.4)'.

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Related stub people
  • Gurney, Margaret (parent of)
  • Gurney, David (grandparent of)
  • Rice, Norman (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Melbourne Savage Club (associate of)
  • Australian Black and White Artists' Club (associate of)
Related people
  • Dixon, Les (associate of)
Related works
  • [Bluey and Curley strip cartoon] (creator of)
Related collections
  • private collection (collected in)
  • Melbourne Savage Club (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
Related events
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da19818b538b73d9300cb33')) (exhibited at)
  • Bluey and Curley: Portraits from an Era 1939-55 (exhibited at)