Les Such b. c.1902

Also known as Leslie Such, Leslie Edwin Such
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century North Queensland and Sydney cartoonist, comic book artist, watercolourist and journalist.
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Name
Les Such
Also known as:
  • Leslie Such
  • Leslie Edwin Such
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Journalist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Cane-cutter (ANZSIC code: 0529)
  • Bartender (ANZSIC code: 4520)
  • Seafarer (ANZSIC code: 48)
  • Engineer (ANZSIC code: 6923)
Birth date
c.1902
Birth note
Aged 61 in 1963.
Death date
1963
Death place
Potts Point, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1932 - c.1963
Residence
  • c.1937 - c.1963 Sydney, NSW
  • North Queensland
  • Riverina, NSW
  • Canada
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 8624/1963'.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Janda Gooding Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia, (June 1997), 'AGWA cartoon printout'.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and cartoonists in black and white', Sydney, NSW : S. H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust of Australia (NSW).>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Drawing from life : a history of the Australian Black and White Artists' Club', Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales Press, p 96.>, <ExternalResource: Rafty, Tony; with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning', Sydney, NSW : Blaxland Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Shiell, Annette (ed.) (1998), 'Bonzer : Australian comics 1900-1990s', Redhill South, Vic : Elgua Media.>, <ExternalResource: Stewart, Douglas (1977), 'Writers of the Bulletin', Sydney, NSW : Australian Broadcasting Commission, p 36.>, <ExternalResource: Such, Les (c.1940), 'Such Fun', Sydney, NSW: Frank Johnson, (anthology).>, <ExternalResource: Such, Les (c.1943), 'Half Way to Holdsworthy', Sydney, NSW : Frank Johnson (anthology).>, <ExternalResource: (1937), Sydney, NSW : Man, June, p 2 (mini biog.).>, <ExternalResource: '[catalogue]', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Such, Les (1963), 'A yen for Yokohama : Les Such', Sydney, NSW : Horwitz.>, <ExternalResource: Such, Les (1932), 'Cane : a book of drawings by a Canecutter', Townsville, Qld : T. Willmett & Sons.>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The inked-in image : a social and historical survey of Australian comic art', Richmond, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (new edition), p 257.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 8624/1963'.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Janda Gooding Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia, (June 1997), 'AGWA cartoon printout'.>]