Geoffrey Keith Townshend b. 1888

Also known as G. K. Townshend
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Auckland and Sydney cartoonist, watercolourist, art teacher and heraldic engraver.
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Citations

  • Rose, F W D (16 May 2009) 'Information sourced from’.

  • (15 September 1969), '[death notice]’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW.

  • (16 August 1969), 'Watercolour artist dies at 80’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW.

  • (28 September 1942), 'Successor appointed’, Evening Post: Wellington, NZ.

  • Rost, F W D (16 May 2009) 'Information sourced from’.

  • Langker, Erik (March 1970), 'Geoffrey Keith Townshend’, Sydney, New South Wales: Art and Australia, Volume VII, Number 4, published 1970-04-07.

  • de Berg, Hazel, Canberra, ACT: National Library of Australia, NLA Oral History tapes, DeB 132.

  • Germaine, Max, C-D Rom.

  • Skinner, Dion H. and Kroeger, John (1968), 'Renniks Australian Artists’, Unley, Adelaide, South Australia: Renniks.

  • McCulloch, Alan and McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian art’, St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin (3rd revised edition).

  • Rafty, Tony with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning’, Sydney, New South Wales: Blaxland Gallery.

  • (6 January 1937), Sydney, New South Wales: Bulletin.

  • Foster, Susan; et.al., 'New Zealand Cartoon Archive’, Wellington, NZ: ATL, NLNZ, website.

  • Fullagar, Col, 'The Last Resting Place for Australian Artists’, Berambing, New South Wales, website.

  • Information sourced from Conor, Liz.

  • Judd, Craig (1999), 'Australians in Black & White (the most public art)’, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

  • (22 February 1939), Sydney, New South Wales: Bulletin, p 18.

See also

  • 'Arthur Horner, 'G.K. Townshend, Bulletin artist', original caricature ML PxD431/30, labelled published 6 January 1937 (presumably in the Bulletin)'.
  • 'Townshend's modelled caricature head by Frith, reproduced in Bulletin article, 1939'.

Initial data sources

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