James Charles Bancks b. 26 May 1889

Also known as Jim Bancks, Jimmy Bancks, James C. Bancks, J. Banks
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Popular and influential mid 20th century Sydney and Melbourne cartoonist and illustrator. Bancks is best known as the creator of Ginger Meggs and for a time he was Australia's highest paid black-and-white artist, receiving £80 a week in the 1920s.
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Name
James Charles Bancks
Also known as:
  • Jim Bancks
  • Jimmy Bancks
  • James C. Bancks
  • J. Banks
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Office boy (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • Wool clerk (ANZSIC code: 0529)
  • Lift driver (ANZSIC code: 5029)
Birth date
26 May 1889
Birth place
Enmore, Sydney, NSW
Death date
1 July 1952
Death place
Point Piper, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1911 - 1952
Residence
  • c.1952 Point Piper, Sydney, NSW
  • 1925 - 1952 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1920 - c.1925 St Kilda, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1889 - c.1903 Hornsby, NSW
  • c.1889 Enmore, Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Julian Ashton, Sydney, NSW
  • A. Dattilo Rubbo, Royal Art Society of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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