Stan Cross b. 3 December 1888

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Significant mid 20th century newspaper comic strip artist. Created 'Wally and the Major', 'The Potts' and 'For gorsake, stop laughing: this is serious!'.
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Name
Stan Cross
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 692)
  • Clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
Birth date
3 December 1888
Birth place
Los Angeles, California, USA
Death date
16 June 1977
Death place
Armidale, NSW
Burial place
Lawn Cemetery, Armidale, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1904 - c.1970
Residence
  • 1970 - 1977 Armidale, NSW
  • 1918 - 1970 Sydney, NSW
  • 1892 - 1912 Perth, WA
Training
  • c.1912 - c.1913 St Martin's School, London, England, UK
  • Perth Technical College, Perth, WA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Drawing from Life: a history of the Australian Black and White Artists' Club', Sydney, New South Wales : State Library of New South Wales Press, (Material largely from Cross).>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane, '[Material collected for 'Drawing from Life']', Sydney, New South Wales : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (ML PxA 641), Includes Cross's letter to Blaikie re being a cartoonist on Smith's (much of which is published in his book).>, <ExternalResource: (25 November 1933), 'Mr and Mrs Pott-and Whalesteeth', Smith's Weekly supplement, Article about Stan Cross with illustrations by him, cited Caban, p41.>, <ExternalResource: Arnold, John; and Morris, Deirdre (eds.) (1994), 'Monash Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Australia', Port Melbourne, Victoria : Reed Reference Publishing, p.134.>, <ExternalResource: de Berg, Hazel, 'Oral History Tape', Canberra, ACT: National Library of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Blaikie, G. (1975), 'Remember Smith's Weekly? : a biography of an uninhibited national Australian newspaper, born 1 March 1919, died 28 October 1950', Adelaide, Victoria : Rigby, pp. 58-67.>, <ExternalResource: Caban, G. (c.1983), 'A fine line : a history of Australian commercial art', Sydney, New South Wales : Hale & Iremonger, pp. 39-40.>, <ExternalResource: Cross, Stan (c.1921), 'Australian Humour in Pen and Ink', Sydney, New South Wales : A. C. Stanford, n.d.>, <ExternalResource: Germaine, Max (1997), 'Max Germaine's artists and galleries on CD-ROM [electronic resource] : the essential reference of contemporary art in Australia', Millers Point, New South Wales : Macquarie MultiMedia.>, <ExternalResource: Kemsley, James (1993), 'Stan Cross', Melbourne, Victoria : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, [Ritchie, John (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The inked-in image : a social and historical survey of Australian comic art', Richmond, Victoria : Hutchinson of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Rafty, Tony; with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning', Sydney, NSW : Blaxland Gallery, 11-19 Sept 1964.>, <ExternalResource: 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.>, <ExternalResource: Ryan, John (1979), 'Panel by Panel : a history of Australian comics', Stanmore, NSW : Cassell Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Shiell, Annette (ed.) (1999), 'Bonzer: Australian Comics 1900s-1990s', Redhill South, Vic. : Elgua Media / Binara Publishing.>, <ExternalResource: Shiell, Annette; and Unger, Ingrid (1994), 'Ace Biographical Portraits... 1930s-1990s', Clayton, Vic. : National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University.>, <ExternalResource: (1981), Age, 11-19.>, <ExternalResource: (1980), Australian Magazine, (29-30 Nov 1980), p.3.>, <ExternalResource: (1977), Herald, 06-17, p.3.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Cross, Sue.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan (1999), 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White', Sydney, New South Wales : S.H. Ervin Gallery.>] [<ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Drawing from Life: a history of the Australian Black and White Artists' Club', Sydney, New South Wales : State Library of New South Wales Press, (Material largely from Cross).>, <ExternalResource: Lindesay, Vane, '[Material collected for 'Drawing from Life']', Sydney, New South Wales : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (ML PxA 641), Includes Cross's letter to Blaikie re being a cartoonist on Smith's (much of which is published in his book).>, <ExternalResource: (25 November 1933), 'Mr and Mrs Pott-and Whalesteeth', Smith's Weekly supplement, Article about Stan Cross with illustrations by him, cited Caban, p41.>]