John Henry Spooner b. 1946

Also known as John Spooner
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Popular contemporary Melbourne cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator, printmaker (etchings and drypoints), painter and lawyer.
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Name
John Henry Spooner
Also known as John Spooner
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Lawyer
Birth date
1946
Birth place
Melbourne, Victoria
Active Period
  • c.1970 - c.2006
Residence
  • c.1946 - c.2006 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1995 Blackrock, Melbourne, Victoria
Training
  • c.1970 - c.1972 Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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Related stub people
  • Spooner, Olga (spouse of)
  • Spooner, Anita (parent of)
  • Spooner, Ellen (parent of)
  • Spooner, Matthew (parent of)
  • Williams, Fred (associate of)
  • Young, Bill (associate of)
  • Manne, Robert (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Melbourne Savage Club (associate of)
  • Australian Black and White Artists Club (associate of)
Related people
  • Tandberg, Ron (associate of)
  • Tanner, Les (associate of)
  • Emmerson, Rod (associate of)
  • Knight, Mark (associate of)
  • Humphries, Barry (associate of)
  • Nicholson, Peter (associate of)
  • Petty, Bruce Leslie (associate of)
Related works
  • Portrait of Ben Kingsley, holding Oscar statuette, as Mahatma Gandhi (creator of)
Related collections
  • Regional collections. (collected in)
  • University collections. (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria (collected in)
  • Melbourne Cricket Club Museum, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Shell Fremantle Print Award (received)
  • 2 Walkley art categories (best cartoon and best illustration). (received)
  • Walkley for best illustration in 1982. (received)
  • Melbourne Savage Club Centenary Art Prize (received)
  • Five Stanley awards in 1985-86 (received)
Related events
  • Cartoons 2004: Behind the lines: The year's best cartoons (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1a42ab538b73d930193dc')) (exhibited at)
  • Westpac Gallery, Melbourne (exhibited at)
  • Westpac Gallery (exhibited at)
  • Black and White (cartoons and photographs by Age artists) (exhibited at)