40.6 x40.4 cm

Vernon Lorimer (Aust., 1888-1978). [Afternoon Drive] 1912. Gouache on board, signed and dated in pencil lower right, 40.6 x 40.4cm. Crazing, soiling, paper remnants to edges. Ref CL183-103 Vernon Lorimer was an Australian cartoonist, illustrator and commercial artist, trained as an artist in Melbourne. The NGA holds his poster for the Melbourne 'Art Students Annual Bal Masque’ of July 1911, a hand-coloured line block of a student with palette and brush (ill. Butler p.11). He contributed to Lone Hand, e.g. 'After the show was over’ 1 August 1912, 322-23, and drew at least one cartoon for The Comic Australia, 'The Comic Australian Surfing Academy’ 20 January 1912. While serving in WWI he contributed to a servicemen’s anthology. Most of Lorimer’s illustrative work, however, was done for the NSW Bookstall Company. He began illustrating their books in 1908; a second followed in 1913 and 11 known illustrated books appeared after the war, in 1919-25, with his busiest period being 1922-23 (ill. Mills, 36). The Triad (10 August 1923, p.40, quoted Mills p.34). He worked as a commercial artist for publications such as Art and Australia 1924-29 and also he did advertisements for the Commonwealth Bank.

Crazing, soiling, paper remnants to edges.

Gouache on board

signed and dated in pencil lower right