Les Dixon b. July 1910

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Prolific newspaper cartoonist.
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Name
Les Dixon
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • arts editor
  • driver
  • boxer
  • blacksmith's striker
Birth date
July 1910
Birth place
Sydney, New South Wales
Death date
May 2003
Death place
Central Coast, New South Wales
Active Period
  • 1940 - 1994
Residence
  • Summerland Point
  • c.1949- Sydney
  • 1929 - 1941 Sydney
  • 1918 - 1929 Dry River, Cobargo, south coast of New South Wales
Training
  • Catholic Guild, Sydney
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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Related stub people
  • Rice, Norman (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Australian Black and White Artists' Club (associate of)
Related people
  • Johnson, Franklin (associate of)
  • Russell, Jim (associate of)
Related works
  • Bluey & Curley strip (creator of)
  • Weighty Problems (creator of)
  • Phill Dill (creator of)
  • But only God can make a tree (creator of)
  • -and the judges have called for a photo (creator of)
Related collections
  • State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Silver Stanley (received)