Sir David Alexander Cecil Low b. 7 April 1891

Also known as David Low
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Significant mid 20th century New Zealand born cartoonist and caricaturist who worked in Australia during the 1910s before embarking on a career as an influential political cartoonist in London. Creator of the character Colonel Blimp.
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Citations

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

See also

  • 'In his other cartoons, e.g. Colonel Blimp explaining to a puzzled Low, 'Hitler only needs arms so that he can declare peace on the rest of the world'', He also included easily identifiable self-portraits (black eyebrows, broad-brimmed black hat and small goatee beard grown after a visit to Russia in 1932).
  • 'Self-portrait among page of his caricatures of other artists, Lone Hand 2 March 1914, 249'.
  • 'photographs of Low at work in Pix 23 December 1939, 21-22'.
  • 'possible self portrait One Recruit and Another '... the modest person in the newspaper is the "Bulletin" artist - rejected on account of epizootic (sp?)' Bulletin 8 August 1915, 13'.
  • 'possible self portrait, The Tale of a Shirt, Bulletin 23 December 1915, 13'.
  • 'caricature self-portrait? (ill. King, 88)'.
  • 'Self-portrait Off to London, published Bulletin August(?) 1919 (frontispiece, Seymour-Ure)'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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Urls
  • http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/
  • http://www.dnzb.govt.nz
Alternative names
  • David Low
  • David Low
Arrivals
  • 1911
  • 1911
Related people
  • Lindsay, Norman (associate of)
  • Hopkins, Livingston (associate of)
  • May, Philip William (associate of)
  • Dancey, George Henry (associate of)
  • McCrae, Hugh Raymond (associate of)
  • Meldrum, Max (associate of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
  • Gye, Hal (associate of)
  • Low, David Brown (child of)
  • Low, Jane Caroline (child of)
  • Low, Madeline Grieve (spouse of)
  • Rowe-Evans, Prudence (parent of)
  • Whear, Rachael (parent of)
  • Blomfield, William (associate of)
  • Rayner, Fred (associate of)
  • Croll, R. H. (associate of)
  • Russell, G. W. (associate of)
  • Croll, Bob (associate of)
  • O'Dowd, Bernard (associate of)
  • Lindsay, Norman (associate of)
  • Hopkins, Livingston (associate of)
  • May, Philip William (associate of)
  • Dancey, George Henry (associate of)
  • McCrae, Hugh Raymond (associate of)
  • Meldrum, Max (associate of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
  • Gye, Hal (associate of)
  • Low, David Brown (child of)
  • Low, Jane Caroline (child of)
  • Low, Madeline Grieve (spouse of)
  • Rowe-Evans, Prudence (parent of)
  • Whear, Rachael (parent of)
  • Blomfield, William (associate of)
  • Rayner, Fred (associate of)
  • Croll, R. H. (associate of)
  • Russell, G. W. (associate of)
  • Croll, Bob (associate of)
  • O'Dowd, Bernard (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Australian Black and White Artists' Club (associate of)
  • Melbourne Savage Club (associate of)
  • Australian Black and White Artists' Club (associate of)
  • Melbourne Savage Club (associate of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (Dept of Prints and Drawings) (collected in)
  • Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK (collected in)
  • New Zealand High Commission, London, UK (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (collected in)
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria (collected in)
  • Melbourne Savage Club (collected in)
  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (Dept of Prints and Drawings) (collected in)
  • Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK (collected in)
  • New Zealand High Commission, London, UK (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (collected in)
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria (collected in)
  • Melbourne Savage Club (collected in)
  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Knighted (received)
  • Knighted (received)
Related events
  • Satirical London : 300 years of irreverent images : The Art of Satire (None)
  • Artists and cartoonists in black and white (None)
  • Getting them in Line : An exhibition of Caricature in Cartoon (exhibited at)
  • Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning (None)
  • Loan Exhibition of Australian Art (None)
  • Satirical London : 300 years of irreverent images : The Art of Satire (None)
  • Artists and cartoonists in black and white (None)
  • Getting them in Line : An exhibition of Caricature in Cartoon (exhibited at)
  • Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning (None)
  • Loan Exhibition of Australian Art (None)
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