Thora Ungar b. 22 February 1911

Also known as Thora Johnston
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
20th century painter, lithographer, cartoonist and illustrator, worked for the Australian Women's Weekly during WWII. Original society cartoon drawn for the Bulletin (ML), possibly never published.
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associate of
Sydney Long
1871
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Walter Burley Griffin
1876
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
associate of
Virgil Reilly
1892
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
John Mills
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
John Santry
1910
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Wynne W. Davies
Designer (Graphic Designer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
René Dalgleish
1908
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
associate of
Nancy Goldfinch
1911
Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Johnston
Other occupation
associate of
Connie Robertson
Other occupation
child of
William Ungar
Other occupation
child of
née Tate Robina Ungar
Other occupation
associate of
Marion Mahoney Griffin
Architect
associate of
William Edward Pidgeon
Other occupation
spouse of
John Medhurst
Other occupation
associate of
Helen Best
Artist (Printmaker)
spouse of
George N. Johnston
1911
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
First wife
associate of
George N. Johnston
1911
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Samuel Coulson Mills
1911
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Dattilo Rubbo
1911
Artist (Painter)

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References [<ExternalResource: '(letters from Thora Ungar to Joan Kerr, 1995 and May 1999)'.>, <ExternalResource: Speck, Cathy (1 October 1993), 'Interview with Thora Ungar'.>, <ExternalResource: Du Rhone, Philip (11 March 2009) 'Information sourced from'.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan, '(Interviews with Thora Ungar 1999 and 2002)'.>, <ExternalResource: Kovats, Sabina (9 March 2009) 'Information sourced from'.>, <ExternalResource: Germaine, Max (1991), 'A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia', Roseville East, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Speck, Catherine (2004), 'Painting ghosts: Australian women artists in wartime', Craftsman House, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Australian Women's Weekly, Sydney, NSW, 1941/1946.>, <ExternalResource: (1999), ''Granny's column' (Column 8)', Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, 1948/1951.>, <ExternalResource: (1988), Australian Artist, Oct, p40.>, <ExternalResource: (1990), Australian Artist, August, pp38-39.>] [<ExternalResource: '(letters from Thora Ungar to Joan Kerr, 1995 and May 1999)'.>, <ExternalResource: Speck, Cathy (1 October 1993), 'Interview with Thora Ungar'.>, <ExternalResource: Du Rhone, Philip (11 March 2009) 'Information sourced from'.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan, '(Interviews with Thora Ungar 1999 and 2002)'.>, <ExternalResource: Kovats, Sabina (9 March 2009) 'Information sourced from'.>]