Edward Ambrose Dyson
Edward Ambrose Dyson (15 December 1908 – 26 November 1952), often known as "Amby" or "Amb Dyson" was an Australian illustrator, comics artist and political cartoonist.
Edward Ambrose Dyson
Edward Ambrose Dyson · Public domain
- Born
- 1908 · Melbourne.
- Died
- 1952
- Nationality
- Australia
- Occupation
- cartoonist
- Languages
- English
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Edward Ambrose Dyson (15 December 1908 – 26 November 1952), often known as "Amby" or "Amb Dyson" was an Australian illustrator, comics artist and political cartoonist.
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He was born in Melbourne on 15 December 1908, the son of Ambrose Dyson (1876–1913) and Mabel Fraser. Dyson was a student at Yarra Park State School until 1922, when he started working as a labourer, which lasted 14 years, when he took some lessons and embarked on a full-time artistic career. In 1944 he was working as a cartoonist for the army newspaper SALT (for Sea, Air, Land Transport). It was there he became a friend and associate of Frank Hardy, sharing Hardy's left-wing views and joining the Communist Party of Australia. He contributed drawings to Hardy's masterpiece Power Without Glory. Dyson died on 26 November 1952.
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- 1.Ambrose Dyson - Lambiek Comiclopedia.
- 2.Kerr, Joan. Edward Ambrose Dyson. Dictionary of Australian Artists Online. 14 November 2007.
- 3.Roberts, Jack. Edward Ambrose Dyson. Reason In Revolt. Reason In Revolt Project. 25 January 2010.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Hardy, Frank (as "Ross Franklyn") Power without Glory (14 drawings by Ambrose Dyson) 1950
- Lambert, Eric Gold (13 drawings by Ambrose Dyson) Melbourne 1951
- Hardy, Frank J. The Man from Clinkapella with a foreword by Alan Marshall, ill. Ambrose Dyson 1952
- Ambrose Dyson with foreword by Frank Hardy and a memorial poem by David Martin. Ambrose Dyson Memorial Committee, 1953
- McCullough, Alan Encyclopedia of Australian Art Hutchinson of London 1968
- A Dyson Bibliography
- Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
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