Kate O'Brien b. 18 October 1914

Also known as Kate O'Brien, Kath O'Brien, Kathleen O'Brien, Kathleen Mary Blanche
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Kathleen O'Brien was an illustrator and fashion artist. She studied at a Technical College and also with J.S. Watkins for three years. O'Brien's comic strip Wanda appeared in the Sunday Telegraph from early 1943 until 1951.
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Citations

  • Andersen, Hans Christian, 'Mermaid’, illustrations.

  • Handford, Nourma (c.1956), 'Carloola Backstage – A Career Novel for Girls’, Dymock’s Book Arcade, Sydney, NSW, illustrations.

  • Greenway, Ella (1950), 'Peter Cat’, Colorgravure, Melbourne, Vic, illustrations.

  • Carroll, Lewis (1943), 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass in Australia’, ACP (reprints 1944, 1946 and 1947), Sydney, NSW, illustrations.

  • O’Brien, Kate (c.1948), 'The Judy O’Neill Comic’, Golden Comic, J.S. Wilkinson, (Kilgour, Jack Noel – attributed).

  • (1998), 'Bonzer – Australian Comics 1900s-1990s’, Elgua Media, Melbourne, Vic (Shiell, Annette, ed.), (p.76 illustrates cover of the 1942 [1943?] Wanda the War Girl comic book).

See also

  • 'Heritage, plate 433'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions

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Related stub people
  • Durack, Elizabeth (associate of)
  • O'Brien, Kathleen Mary (child of)
  • O'Brien, Patrick (child of)
  • Kerr, Joan (associate of)
  • Chalker, Jill (associate of)
  • Kilgour, Jack (associate of)
  • Blanche, Robert (spouse of)
  • Blanche, Cynthia (parent of)
  • Slessor, Bob (associate of)
  • Lowe, Chica (associate of)
  • Mills, Tarpe (associate of)
  • Ryan, John (associate of)
  • Woolfe, Ashton (associate of)
  • Greenway, Ella (associate of)
  • Handford, Nourma (associate of)
  • Andersen, Hans Christian (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Sunday Telegraph (associate of)
  • Merioola (associate of)
  • Springwood Ladies College (associate of)
Related people
  • Watkins, John Samuel (associate of)
  • Wienholt, Anne (associate of)
  • Lee Brown, Mitty (associate of)
  • Slessor, Kenneth (associate of)
  • Dobell, William (associate of)
Related works
  • Wanda (creator of)
  • The Wanda Comic (creator of)
  • Wanda the War Girl (creator of)
Related collections
  • Copyright collection, National Archives of Australia (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Retail Advertising Week's Sekleman Award, New York, 1973 (David Jones) (received)
  • Retail Advertising Week's Sekleman Award, New York, 1962 (Hordern Bros) (received)
Related events
  • Robyn Archer's Choice [foyer exhibition] (exhibited at)