Michael Leunig b. 1945

  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Contemporary painter, cartoonist, poet and writer
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Name
Michael Leunig
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Writer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Poet (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
1945
Birth place
Footscray, Melbourne, Vic
Active Period
  • c.1965 - c.2006
Training
  • c.1965 - c.1967 Swinburne Film and Television School, Melbourne, Vic
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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