Bruce Leslie Petty b. 1929

Also known as Bruce Petty
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Maker
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
Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning
Date
11 September 1964 - 19 September 1964
Place
Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Maker
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
See alsos [<ExternalResource: ''Report Card', Weekend Australian (Media) 1-7 April, 1999, 6 (6 self portraits with a comment by each cartoonist himself (sic), an artist and a politician (anon).'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Self portrait Overland 67 (1977), page 66'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Self-portrait chained to drafting stand (King, 8)'.>, <ExternalResource: '(Self?) portrait (ill. King, 185)'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Petty, self-portrait cartoon on front page of the Age (Melbourne), 9 June 1976, among other men (Nicholson, Tandberg, Spooner and Tanner) as 'Australia's finest gallery of cartoonists''.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Medibank poster', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: ''Report Card', Weekend Australian (Media) 1-7 April, 1999, 6 (6 self portraits with a comment by each cartoonist himself (sic), an artist and a politician (anon).'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Self portrait Overland 67 (1977), page 66'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Self-portrait chained to drafting stand (King, 8)'.>, <ExternalResource: '(Self?) portrait (ill. King, 185)'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Petty, self-portrait cartoon on front page of the Age (Melbourne), 9 June 1976, among other men (Nicholson, Tandberg, Spooner and Tanner) as 'Australia's finest gallery of cartoonists''.>]
Related people
  • Australian Enlarging and Portrait Paintings Co., (associate of)
  • Rigg, Julie (spouse of)
  • Petty, Sam (parent of)
  • Smith, Henry (associate of)
  • Muggeridge, Malcolm (associate of)
  • Australian Enlarging and Portrait Paintings Co., (associate of)
  • Rigg, Julie (spouse of)
  • Petty, Sam (parent of)
  • Smith, Henry (associate of)
  • Muggeridge, Malcolm (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Punch (associate of)
  • Melbourne Herald (associate of)
  • Lot's Wife (Monash University) (associate of)
  • New Yorker (associate of)
  • Daily Mirror (associate of)
  • Time Magazine (Australia) (associate of)
  • Punch (associate of)
  • Melbourne Herald (associate of)
  • Lot's Wife (Monash University) (associate of)
  • New Yorker (associate of)
  • Daily Mirror (associate of)
  • Time Magazine (Australia) (associate of)
Related events
  • Cartoons 2004: Behind the lines: The year's best cartoons (None)
  • [exhibition of Bruce Petty etchings] (exhibited at)
  • Bringing the House Down (None)
  • Australians in black & white : (the most public art) (None)
  • Artists and cartoonists in black and white (None)
  • Bringing the House Down (None)
  • Bringing the House Down : 12 Months of Australian Political Humour (None)
  • Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning (None)
  • Cartoons 2004: Behind the lines: The year's best cartoons (None)
  • [exhibition of Bruce Petty etchings] (exhibited at)
  • Bringing the House Down (None)
  • Australians in black & white : (the most public art) (None)
  • Artists and cartoonists in black and white (None)
  • Bringing the House Down (None)
  • Bringing the House Down : 12 Months of Australian Political Humour (None)
  • Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning (None)
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Contributors
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