Thursday, July 22, 2010

Maegraith autobiography OUT NOW in print and ebook










This is a collection of an artist's recollections. It is, in black and white, the art and times of Kerwin Maegraith.
Meet the man who knew and drew Picasso in Paris, Einstein and Lawrence of Arabia in London, Hemingway in Hawaii and lived with Errol Flynn in Sydney. Kerwin Maegraith, caricaturist, journalist and true Aussie larrikin, encountered the most famous people of his time from the 1920's- 60's.

For the first time, his unique moments with those legends mentioned above, plus H. G. Wells, Bradman, Melba and many others, are brought together.



Buy in print from createspace just $19.95


Buy eBook from amazon $8.99 to view on Kindle reader, iPad and PC

Who is Kerwin Maegraith?

Kerwin Maegraith 1903-70 F.R.S.A. (Lon.)



Maegraith drew Picasso in Paris, Einstein and Lawrence of Arabia in London, Hemingway in Hawaii and lived with Errol Flynn in Sydney. Kerwin Maegraith, caricaturist, journalist and true Aussie larrikin, encountered the most famous people of his time from the twenties to the sixties.

 





Profile from The International Who's Who, 1958:




Former member of the staff of Sunday Times, Sydney, Sydney Daily Mirror, and Adelaide Advertiser; caricatures in Sydney Bulletin, Sporting and Dramatic, The Bystander, The Sketch, Daily Herald (London), Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph.

 


Toured England with [Australian Cricket] Test Team in 1934; War Artist attached to 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron, British Pacific Fleet. First artist to picturegram [fax] sporting cartoons from Cricket Test Matches in Australia to London Daily Mail; creator of radio-cartoons Who's Zoo series; wrote book and lyrics of musical play It Ain't Cricket. Publications: Celebrities in Caricature, Who's Who in Adelaide, Our Arborosities, Wigs and Wags.