Frank Beck

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Sydney political illustrator and cartoonist. Beck was associated with the Studio of Realist Art in Sydney and in 1933 was one of the eight contributing artists to the Worker's Club publication 'Saga: A protest in linocuts by the Worker Artists'.
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exhibited at
Studio of Realist Art
Place
Sydney, NSW
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 (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Related person groups
  • Studio of Realist Art, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Workers Art Club, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Studio of Realist Art, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Workers Art Club, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
Related collections
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Studio of Realist Art (exhibited at)
  • Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning (None)
  • Studio of Realist Art (exhibited at)
  • Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning (None)
Field Changes
Biography illustrator and cartoonist, worked as a 'humorous artist' and illustrator for Associated Newspapers, also as a freelance illustrator of books, etc. In c.1932-35 he contributed to _Saga: A protest in linocuts by the Worker Artists_ , Workers Art Club, 1933 [or c.1932-35] (ML F7741/W) (ill. Coleman & Tanner 106). Eight artists contributed, i.e. Frank Beck, *Stan Clements* , *George Finey* , *Clive Guthrie* (husband of *Bessie Guthrie* ), *John Harvey* , *Geoff Litchfield* , *McDonnell* & *Adrienne ('Kitty') Parkes* . He was also a SORA artist in Sydney.


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