Lionel Lindsay b. 17 October 1874

Also known as Sir Lionel Arthur Lindsay
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
The first member of the prolific Lindsay family to become a professional illustrator. A constant experimenter with photography and etching, Lionel Lindsay became a dominant figure in Australian art in the first half of the 20th century, but in the popular mind he was eclipsed by his younger brother Norman.
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Citations

  • de Berg, Hazel, '[Oral History Tape]’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Smith, Bernard (1986), 'Lindsay, Sir Lionel Arthur (1874 – 1961)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, [Nairn, Bede & Serle, Geoffrey (eds.)], Melbourne University Press, pp 106-115, Melbourne, Vic.

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

  • Lindesay, Vane (1983), 'The way we were : Australian popular magazines 1856 to 1969’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Drawing from life : a history of the Australian Black and White Artists’ Club’, State Library of New South Wales Press, Sydney, NSW.

  • Lindsay, Lionel (1967), 'Comedy of life : an autobiography, 1874-1961’, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW.

  • Mendelssohn, Joanna (1988), 'Lionel Lindsay : An artist and his family’, Chatto & Windus, London, England, UK.

  • Mills, Carol (1991), 'The NSW Bookstall As A Publisher’, Mulini Press, Canberra, ACT.

  • Rolfe, Patricia (1979), 'The journalistic javelin : an illustrated history of the Bulletin’, Wildcat Press; Gladesville, NSW : distributed by Golden Press, Sydney, NSW.

  • Mendelssohn, Joanna (1996), 'Letters & Liars: Norman Lindsay and the Lindsay Family’, HarperCollins, Sydney, NSW.

  • Taylor, Kit (1977), 'A history with indexes of the Lone hand, the Australian monthly’, J.B. Hobbs, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Mendlessohn, Joanna (1988), 'The Art of Sir Lionel Lindsay: Vlume II The Etchings’, Copperfield, Sydney, NSW.

  • Mendelssohn, Joanna (1982), 'The Art of Sir Lionel Lindsay: Volume I The Woodcuts’, Copperfield, Sydney, NSW.

See also

  • 'Portrait photograph by Harold Cazneaux, National Library of Australia ?1925'.
  • 'Self Study 1940, pen and coloured inks (a fairly straight sketch) (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.).'.
  • 'Will Dyson, caricature, Society of Artists cat. 1907.'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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Related collections
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Archives of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • University of Queensland (Lionel Lindsay Collection, Townsville) ?, Qld. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Archives of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • University of Queensland (Lionel Lindsay Collection, Townsville) ?, Qld. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)