Nils Josef Jonsson b. 13 December 1890

Also known as Joe Jonsson, Josef Nils Jonsson, J. J.
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Sydney newspaper cartoonist and illustrator. Jonsson was a foundation member of the Society of Australian Black and White Artists and a cartoonist at Smith's Weekly for over 25 years.
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Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records 2852/1963’.

  • Information sourced from Gooding, Janda Perth, WA : Art Gallery of Western Australia, (June 1997), 'Art Gallery of Western Australia cartoon printout’.

  • 'Smith’s Weekly’, Sydney, NSW, 1933-04-15, p 3; 1935-04-20, p 26 (group pic).

  • Blaikie, George (1975), 'Remember Smith’s Weekly? : a biography of an uninhibited national Australian newspaper, born 1 March 1919, died 28 October 1950’, Adelaide : Rigby, pp 75-79, 91.

  • Caban, Geoffrey (c.1983), 'A fine line : a history of Australian commercial art’, Sydney, NSW : Hale & Iremonger, pp 40, 42.

  • Dutton, Geoffrey (1991), 'Kenneth Slessor : A Biography’, Melbourne, Vic : Viking.

  • Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White’, Sydney, NSW : National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1983), 'Nils Josef Jonsson’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, [Nairn, B. & Serle, G. (eds.)], Melbourne University Press.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).

  • Rafty, Tony with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning’, Sydney, NSW : Blaxland Gallery.

  • Rainbow, Brenda (1998), '“Golden Years of Cartooning” 1920 to 1940 : Featuring the works of Stan Cross & more than twenty cartoonists of the same era’, Coffs Harbour, NSW : Bunker Cartoon Gallery.

  • (1963), Journalist, April.

  • (1954), Sydney, NSW; People, 04-21.

  • 'Smith’s Weekly’, Sydney, NSW, 1933-04-15, p 3; 1935-04-20, p 26 (group pic).

  • (1951), Brisbane, Qld.; Sunday Mail, 02-04.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The Inked-In Image’, Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia, p.45.

  • 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.93.

  • Sydney, NSW: Aussie.

  • Melbourne, Vic.: Herald and Weekly Times.

  • Sydney, NSW: Sun-Herald.

  • Brisbane, Qld.: Courier Mail.

See also

  • 'Self-portrait with watering-can, Smith's Weekly 15 April 1933, 3 (with joke biography by Kenneth Slessor captioned 'Jonsson, Joe, at work on his Warramurra ranch').'.
  • 'Portrait included in line-up by Frank Dunne captioned 'Seeing's Believing - "Smith's" Artists On Parade' 30 July 1932, 7, with description: 'JOE JONSSON draws horses that never were on sea or land or racecourse. Joe comes from the north of Europe. Where he is going is not certain. On paper, Joe has two children, Oigle and Goigle, not that that matters.''.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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