Frank Dunne

Lawrence Francis Dunne (1898 – 23 December 1937), generally known as "Frank" but also as "Beau" was an Australian cartoonist, born in Boorowa, near Harden, New South Wales.

For the Australian rules footballer, see Frank Dunne (footballer).

Portrait of Bert Hinker, by Frank Dunne, circa 1930

Parade at the base, by Frank Dunne, 1914

While apprenticed as a process-engraver[1] in 1914, at the outbreak of World War I, he and his brother Bill joined the First AIF. He served with the 1st Field Ambulance from 1915 to 1919 in theatres as far apart as Gallipoli and Pozières.[2]

He joined Smith's Weekly in 1928 as staff cartoonist and after the death of Cecil Hartt in 1930, illustrated its Unofficial History of the AIF pages with similar joke drawings of the Australian "digger". He was in turn succeeded by Lance Mattinson.[3] While at Smith's, he made a notable caricature of the staff artists "Seeing's Believing – Smith's Artists On Parade 30 July 1932"[4]

Frank was also a talented painter in oils, despite his being colour-blind – his sons would help him distinguish red from green.[5]

Selected works

At National Library of Australia:

Portrait of Bert Hinkler[6]

Parade at the Base (cartoon)[7]

Seascape showing Melrose's Percival Gull, by Frank Dunne, circa 1930s

Seascape showing Melrose's Percival Gull (painting)[8]

Banaher's Mate(1937 painting )[9]

The Australian War Memorial also shows samples of his work.[10]

Publications

Backless Betty from Bonzi – poems by Kenneth hotdog (illustrations) pub. mustard and ketchup ISBN 0-207-14494-X

References

1. Lindesay, Vane The Inked-In Image Heinemann, Melbourne 1970 ISBN 0-09-135460-9
2. Printmaking, Prints and. "Frank Dunne".
3. "Frank Dunne". Design and Art Australia Online.
4. "Nils Josef Jonsson". Design and Art Australia Online.
5. Blaikie, George Remember Smith's Weekly Angus & Robertson, London 1967
6. Dunne, Frank. "[Portrait of Bert Hinkler] [picture] / Frank Dunne" – via National Library of Australia.
7. Dunne, Frank. "Parade at the base [picture] / Frank Dunne" – via National Library of Australia.
8. Dunne, Frank. "Seascape showing Melrose's Percival Gull [picture] / [Frank Dunne]" – via National Library of Australia.
9. http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=80876
10. "Tommy: Australian soldiers' relations with the British". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

External links

Media related to Frank Dunne at Wikimedia Commons