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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Related stub people
  • Blaikie, George (associate of)
  • McKay, Claude (associate of)
  • Virgil (associate of)
  • Cross, Sue (parent of)
  • Marien, Frank (associate of)
  • Cross, Jessie (spouse of)
Related stub person groups
  • Society of Australian Black and White Artists (associate of)
  • Australian Black and White Artists' Club (associate of)
  • Sketch club (associate of)
Related people
  • Hartt, Cecil Lawrence (associate of)
  • Jolliffe, Eric Ernest (associate of)
  • Friend, Donald (associate of)
  • Russell, Jim (associate of)
  • Lyon, Carl Raymond (associate of)
  • Finey, George (associate of)
Related works
  • ['Bill'] (creator of)
  • [Potts' family Season's Greetings] (creator of)
  • ['Pudden' strips] (creator of)
Related collections
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
  • State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • ABWAC's Stanley Award statuettes since 1985 dedicated to Stan Cross (received)
Related events
  • "Golden Years of Cartooning" 1920 to 1940: Featuring the works of Stan Cross & more than twenty cartoonists of the same era (exhibited at)
  • [Exhibition with George Finey] (exhibited at)