Geoffrey Raynor Hook b. 1928

Also known as Jeff, Jeff Hook, Geoffrey Hook, Geoff Hook
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late 20th century Hobart and Melbourne newspaper cartoonist, illustrator and children's book author. He writes with his right hand and draws with his left.
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Name
Geoffrey Raynor Hook
Also known as:
  • Jeff
  • Jeff Hook
  • Geoffrey Hook
  • Geoff Hook
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Children's book author (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
1928
Birth place
Hobart, Tasmania
Active Period
  • c.1951 - c.2001
Residence
  • c.2000 Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria
  • c.1964 - c.2006 Melbourne, Victoria
  • c.1928 - c.1964 Hobart, Tasmania
Training
  • Diploma in Commercial Art, Hobart Technical College, Tasmania
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: Hook, Jeff, '[Sun cartoon anthologies]'.>, <ExternalResource: Hook, Jeff, 'Jamie the Jumbo Jet'.>, <ExternalResource: Dunstan, Keith (1990), 'No Brains at All : An Autobiography', Ringwood Vic : Penguin.>, <ExternalResource: Hook, Jeff (1978), 'The Hook Book No 1', Melbourne, Vic : Herald & Weekly Times.>, <ExternalResource: Hook, Jeff (c.1979), 'The Hook Book No 2', Melbourne, Vic : Herald & Weekly Times.>, <ExternalResource: Hook, Jeff (1992), 'Boom, Bust & Polka Dots', Melbourne, Vic : Schwartz & Wilkinson (Mitchell Library Q741.5994/99).>, <ExternalResource: Stone, Walter (1973), '50 years of the newspaper cartoon in Australia', Adelaide, SA : The News, Adelaide in association with the Art Gallery of South Australia, p 78.>, <ExternalResource: (1986), 'Australian Black-and-White Artists Club Book of Originals', Sydney, NSW : Australian Black-and-White Artists Club / Art Gallery of New South Wales, (178.1988.1-102).>, <ExternalResource: (12 November 1985), 'Australia's magnificent cartoonists', Sydney, NSW : in Bulletin, p 108.>, <ExternalResource: Turner, Ann (2000), 'In their image : Contemporary Australian cartoonists [Oral History interviews]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Baxter, Andrew.>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The inked-in image : a social and historical survey of Australian comic art', Richmond, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (new edition).>, <ExternalResource: (2001), '[National Museum of Australia website]', Canberra, ACT : National Museum of Australia.>] [<ExternalResource: Hook, Jeff, '[Sun cartoon anthologies]'.>, <ExternalResource: Hook, Jeff, 'Jamie the Jumbo Jet'.>]