William Ellis Green b. 1 November 1923

Also known as Bill Green, Weg, W. E. Green
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Prolific and popular mid 20th century Melbourne newspaper cartoonist. Green made his first artistic income painting Japanese flags while stationed in New Guinea during WW2. On returning to Melbourne he worked as a cartoonist contributing works to the Melbourne Herald, Man, the Bulletin and the New York Times.
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Citations

  • Green, W. E. (1983), 'Weg’s World: 35 years of cartoons from the Herald’, Herald & Weekly Times.

  • Stone, Walter (1973), ’50 years of the newspaper cartoon in Australia’, The News / Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, p 76.

  • Walsh, Richard (1966), 'No Holts Barred’, Melbourne, Vic. : Sun, p.6.

  • (1986), 'Australian Black-and-White Artists Club Book of Originals’, Sydney, NSW : Australian Black-and-White Artists Club / AGNSW (178.1988.1-102).

  • (c.1999), 'WEG CARTOONS & CARICATURES’, world wide web.

  • 'PICMAN’, State Library of New South Wales.

  • Walsh, Richard (1967), 'Gough Syrup’, Melbourne, Vic. : Sun.

  • Filmer, Veronica (1983), 'Australian cartoons 1853-1983’, Ballarat, Vic. : City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.

  • Blaikie, George (1966), 'Remember Smith’s weekly?: a biography of an uninhibited national Australian newspaper, born: 1 March 1919, died: 28 October 1950’, Adelaide, SA: Rigby, p 109.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1983), 'The way we were: Australian popular magazines 1856 to 1969’, Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, p 143.

  • 'Second World War Nominal Roll’, website.

See also

  • 'Self-portrait caricatures on cover (colour), title page (holding up the world) and p.3 (signature and head) in Weg's World, 1953'.

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  • Weg
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  • W. E. Green
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