Will Dyson b. 3 September 1880

Also known as William Henry Dyson, Bill Dyson, Asa Dane, Emu
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Important early 20th century political, Dyson was appointed an official war cartoonist in 1916. Working extensively both in Australia and overseas, Dyson was married to fellow artist Ruby Lindsay of the well-known artistic Lindsay family.
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creator of
Dr. Freud introduces a patient to her subconscious
 
creator of
Meeting of the Society for the Suppression of Bad Language in the Army
 
creator of
At The - Theatre
 
creator of
The Poet
 
creator of
'Fat Man's Devotions'

406 × 338mm, pen and black ink over graphite on tan wove paper. Gift of Mr A de Sauty, acc. no. 1927.821

 
creator of
(600-700 original Daily Herald cartoons by Dyson)

(Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature, University of Kent at Canterbury UK)

 
creator of
(3 caricatures from Bulletin, including 'Big John Forrest of WA')
 
creator of
(Caricature of Tom Roberts)
 
creator of
Nobody gives us credit for the masterpieces we haven't written yet

Lithograph

 
creator of
Industrial War
 
creator of
International Misunderstanding
 
creator of
Soon my dear everybody will have a possum skin - except the possum
 
creator of
(Sophisticates)
 
creator of
(Caricature of King O'Malley)
 
creator of
Once WE were the most loathsome things that flew
Date
 
creator of
"Anyone else got anything to say after my cookin'?"
Date

Joan Kerr observed that the 1935 attribution “seems extraordinarily anachronistic. (Was it being recycled?)”. On verso is partial drawing – quite camp – of what appears to be a koala dressed as a Hollywood cowboy, complete with guns, hat and chaps – possibly related to the “Hollywood” series of drypoints of the early 1930s, which suggests the mid 1930s date of this particular cartoon is correct, although the theme suggests a much earlier gag revisited.

 
creator of
Noted economist explaining the moral beauties of high prices
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creator of
Our Moderns: White Trash
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creator of
Our Moderns
Date

A series of satirical drypoints

 
creator of
"Impure Literature!"
Date

In Keeping it Dark or The Censor’s Handbook by Bernard Causton and G. Gordon Young, London (NLA)

 
creator of
Man
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creator of
The man who put the pay into patriotism
Date
 
creator of
The Talkies
Date
 
creator of
Our Immortals: Thomas Hardy in the fields of Aspodel finds evidence of canker
Date

Etching, possible series title: Literary Reflections.

 
creator of
Our Immortals: Count Leo Tolstoy suspecting sensuality in the heavenly choir
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Etching, possible series title: Literary Reflections.

 
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Related collections
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (collected in)
  • Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature, University of Kent, England (collected in)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • British Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, VIC (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • John Jensen collection, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Trust, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Vane Lindsay Collection (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington Peninsular, Vic. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (collected in)
  • Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature, University of Kent, England (collected in)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • British Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Vic. (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • John Jensen collection, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Trust, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Vane Lindsay Collection (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington Peninsular, Vic. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Print Collection, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)