George Finey b. 16 March 1895

Also known as George Edmond Finey
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Auckland and Sydney left-wing caricaturist, cartoonist, painter, sculptor and collage artist. Infamous for his bohemian lifetsyle.
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Citations

  • 'NSW Marriage Records: 3147/1922’.

  • Lawlor, Pat (1932), 'NZ Artists’ Annual’.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Finey 1895-1987: Last of the Bohemians’, Inkspot 24 (summer), pp 50-52, (revised version of Inked-In Image biography ill. with caricatures).

  • Grant, Ian F. (1989), 'Drawing the Line: Cartoons across the Tasman: an exhibition of work by New Zealand cartoonists’, Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of External Relations and Trade, p.5, exhibition toured Australian galleries, including the State Library of Western Australia. (Information courtesy of Jo Diamond).

  • Finey, George, 'Number Thirteen. George Finey Poems’, Katoomba, New South Wales, Portfolio of 40 decorated loose sheets of poems. Listed in Antique Bookshop, 1998.

  • Finey, George (1983), 'George Finey’s Puddy Plates’, Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press, a book of cat cartoons.

  • Finey, George (1976), 'Book of Finey [poems]’.

  • Fox, Len (ill. by Finey), 'Wealthy Men’, Sydney, NSW, done when both were at Tribune.

  • Finey, George (1975), 'Poems’.

See also

  • 'illustration for poem 'Looking for George Finey' by B. M. Faulconbridge (including a self portrait?), Overland 69 (1978), 24-25'.
  • 'self portrait as part of a full page of 'Smith's Artists' Merry Xmas Drawn by all of them', Smith's Weekly 8 December 1923, 25'.
  • 'Finey by Wep 1941, ill. Lindesay Inkspot, 50'.
  • 'self portrait caricature, ill. King, 115, Ian F. Grant, 111'.
  • 'self-portrait head, ill. Stone, 76'.

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