James Thomas Case b. 21 March 1884

Also known as Jim Case, J. T. Case
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Case showed an early talent for drawing and trained at Brisbane Technical College. He drew cartoons for many Australian publications. A proficient painter, he also exhibited oil and watercolour scenes with the Queensland Art Society in 1910-12 (in 1914, he showed only cartoons). By 1916/17, he had an international reputation as an anti-conscription cartoonist.
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Citations

  • Moore, William (1984), 'The Story of Australian Art’, vol 2, Melbourne, Victoria, p.126, (some inaccuracies in dates).

  • Dunstan, Alan Katen (November 1994), '“Broke-N-Ill The Writing on the Wall”: Cartoons from around the “Lock-Out” 1909-1910’, Broken Hill, New South Wales: Broken Hill Art Gallery, .

See also

  • 'possible self portrait figure labelled 'Worker Artist' is the protagonist in 'His Chief Mourner', Worker, 18 Feb, 1911'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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Other occupations
  • Decorator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Decorator