Bruce Leslie Petty b. 1929

Also known as Bruce Petty
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Designer
Popular and prolific Melbourne, London and Sydney based newspaper cartoonist, film-maker, animator, sculptor and etcher
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Cartoons 2004: Behind the lines: The year's best cartoons
Date
2005
Place
National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
[exhibition of Bruce Petty etchings]
Date
2002
Place
Australian Archives, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Bringing the House Down
Date
2001
Place
National Museum of Australia/ Old Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Australians in black & white : (the most public art)
Date
1999
Place
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Artists and cartoonists in black and white
Date
1999
Place
S. H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust of Australia (NSW), Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Bringing the House Down
Date
1998
Place
National Museum of Australia / Old Parliament House, Canberra
Description
Type
Exhibition
Bringing the House Down : 12 Months of Australian Political Humour
Date
1997
Place
National Museum of Australia / Old Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Bruce Petty: project show
Date
1987
Place
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Wollongong City Museum annual report 1987

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Drawing, Cartoons
Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning
Date
11 September 1964 - 19 September 1964
Place
Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Herald outdoor art show 1953
Date
12 December 1953 - 20 December 1953
Place
Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Description

Originally scheduled for 8-13 December 1953 but delayed by summer storms.

Type
Exhibition

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