Des O'Brien b. 1930

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Graphic Designer)
Des O'Brien is an Australian illustrator, graphic designer, painter and author. He trained at the National Art School, later joining Associated Newspapers. He formed a studio, O'Brien & Horrex, with his artist wife Jackie Horrex after 1955. He worked for publishers, advertising agencies and Australia Post.
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spouse of
Jackie Horrex
Artist
formed partnership with Des O'Brien post-1955, practicing as O'Brien & Horrex

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References [<ExternalResource: Matt Hoyle. Des O'Brien obituary. Sydney Morning Herald, 29 January 2015, p.27>, <ExternalResource: Des O'Brien. Ephemeral Aesthetics, 2014.>, <ExternalResource: Des O'Brien. The Frog and the Pelican. Methuen, 1981 (writer and illustrator)>] [<ExternalResource: Matt Hoyle. Des O'Brien obituary. Sydney Morning Herald, 29 January 2015, p.27>, <ExternalResource: Des O'Brien. Ephemeral Aesthetics, 2014.>]