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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Courtesy of: Powerhouse Museum
creator of
Medibank poster
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2008/21/4

 

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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)
Field Changes
Biography
Contributors
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