George Aubrey Aria b. 7 May 1904

Also known as Aub, Aub Aria
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Sydney cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and advertising agent. Aria drew war cartoons for Smith's Weekly and created the comic strips 'The Aria Kids' and 'Mr Tutt', both of which ran for several years. In 1936, he was engaged by Emil Sodersteen to assist in the design of the Vitrolite glass murals for the Martin Place extensions to the Hotel Australia. The hotel was demolished in 1972.
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Citations

  • Information sourced from Janda Gooding Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA, June, (1997), 'computer list of cartoon holdings’.

  • Kerr, J. (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White’, Sydney, NSW : S.H. Ervin Gallery.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1994), pp. 18, 96.

  • Rafty, Tony / Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning’, Sydney, NSW : Blaxland Gallery.

  • Stone, Walter (1973), 'Art Gallery of South Australia’, Adelaide, SA, p. 74.

  • (1941), 'War Cartoons and Caricatures of the British Commonwealth’, Ottowa, Canada : National Gallery of Canada.

  • (1930), Sydney, NSW : Pix, 08-31, p 40.

  • 'Public Access Catalog Telnet.janus.nla. gov.au’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • 'State Library of New South Wales, PICMAN’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1923), Sydney, NSW : Evening News.

  • Sydney, NSW : Sun.

  • Sydney, NSW : Bulletin.

  • Sydney, NSW : Smith’s Weekly.

  • Sydney Morning Herald.

  • Sydney, NSW : Sunday Sun.

  • Sydney, NSW : Sun-Herald.

  • Stewart, Douglas (1977), p 36.

  • Sydney, NSW : ABC Weekly.

See also

  • 'PORTRAIT: self-portrait caricature n.d., ill. Stone, 74.'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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Other occupations
  • Correspondence school director (ANZSIC code: 8219)
  • Advertising agent (ANZSIC code: 6940)
  • Correspondence school director (ANZSIC code: 8219)
  • Advertising agent (ANZSIC code: 6940)
Alternative names
  • Aub
  • Aub Aria
  • Aub
  • Aub Aria
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