Joan Morrison b. 1911

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Morrison was an accomplished mid-20th century cartoonist and book illustrator. Her cartoons, published in Man and Smith's Weekly, were populated by sassy glamour girls that came to be known as 'The Morrison Girl' and during WW2 they were a popular pin-up among the troops. In 1929 she and Mollie Horseman were the first female cartoonists to be appointed to the permanent staff of Smith's.
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Citations

  • McCuaig, Ronald and Stuart, Isla (c.1964), 'You Can Draw a Kangaroo – The Poems Tell You What to Do’, Australian News and Information Bureau, Canberra, ACT, Reprinted as supplement, Australian Woman’s Weekly, Sydney, NSW, December 30.

  • P., P. (1930), 'Joan Morrison and Pat O’Harris – two young Australian art students’, Wentworth Magazine, April, p 4, Includes woodblock 'Tale of two cities’.

  • Blaikie, George, 'Remember “Smith’s Weekly”’, pp 87-88.

  • Caban, Geoffrey (1983), 'A Fine Line’, Sydney, NSW, p 40.

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

  • Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The Inked-In Image’, Melbourne, Vic., pp 46-47,.

  • McCulloch, A. and McCulloch, S. (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards, NSW.

  • Muir, Marcie (1992), 'Australian Children’s Books – A Bibliography vol.1’, Melbourne, Vic.

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

  • Rainbow, Brenda (1998), 'Golden Years of Cartooning 1920 to 1940 – Featuring the works of Stan Cross & more than twenty cartoonists of the same era’, Bunker Cartoon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW.

  • Ryan, John (1979), 'Panel by Panel’, Stanmore, NSW.

  • (1927), Australian Woman’s Mirror, 04-26.

  • (1949), Sydney, NSW : Man, January.

  • (1930), 'letter to editor’, Sydney Morning Herald, 03-19.

  • Information sourced from Robinson, Vanessa.

  • Information sourced from Wotton, Peter.

  • Information sourced from Wilkinson, David.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Drawing from Life’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Power, Rod.

  • Information sourced from Illingworth, Greg.

  • (1995), Sydney Morning Herald, March?.

  • Tasmanian Mail.

  • Sydney, NSW : Triad.

  • (1927), 'The Revival of Sculpture’, Sydney, NSW : Art in Australia, March.

  • Sydney, NSW : Australian Childhood.

  • Sydney, NSW : Sporting and Dramatic Magazine.

  • Sydney Mail.

  • Sydney, NSW : Smith’s Weekly.

  • Slessor, Kenneth (1983), 'Backless Betty from Bondi’, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, NSW.

  • Maegraith, Kirwin (1937), 'Some Sydney Artists’, Sydney Mail, 08-11, p.32.

  • Information sourced from Judd, Craig.

  • Information sourced from Baxter, Andrew.

  • (1949), Sydney, NSW : Man, March.

  • (1951), Sydney, NSW : Man, June.

  • 'Joan Kerr Archive’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

See also

  • 'Heritage, section 6, plate 261'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions

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Related collections
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)