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George Finey
George Edmond Finey (16 March 1895 – 8 June 1987) was an Australian illustrator, cartoonist and caricaturist. Born in New Zealand, he was most active as a black-and-white artist in Sydney from 1920 to the mid-1940s, during which time he worked for Smith's Weekly, the Labor Daily, the Daily Telegraph and other newspapers and publications. The left-wing pacifist and humanist viewpoint in his political cartoons were the subject of criticism and censure from both the left and right during his career, but Finey remained uncompromising in his political views.
During his period with Smith's Weekly in the 1920s Finey developed outstanding skills as a caricaturist, a category of his art practice for which he was especially admired in his lifetime. The journal Art in Australia dedicated an entire issue to his caricatures in June 1931. Finey moved to the Blue Mountains in 1942. In his later artistic career Finey was known for his expressionistic and mixed media paintings and sculpture.
George Edmond Finey was born on 16 March 1895 in the Auckland suburb of Parnell, New Zealand, one of eleven children of English-born mariner, Solomon ('Harry') Finey, and his wife Rose Emily (née Newton).
By the time he was aged fourteen Finey began selling his drawings to local Auckland newspapers.
From 1912 to 1914, while working as an apprentice lithographer at the New Zealand Herald, Finey studied part-time at Auckland's Elam School of Art, sharing a studio with other artists (including Unk White).
Finey enlisted in the New Zealand Army Service Corps on 25 August 1915. In November 1915 he travelled to Egypt with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force (N.Z.E.F.), where he served as a driver in the Transport Corps. In April 1916 he embarked for France, where he served on the Western Front. Finey was wounded in 1917 and suffered burns from exposure to mustard gas.
Finey was promoted to sergeant in October 1918. After the Armistice Finey was attached to the New Zealand War Records office in London. He was hospitalised with influenza in January 1919 and transferred to the army's Education Department in April. During his deployment Finey was appointed an official war artist with the N.Z.E.F. During a period of leave Finey spent three months studying in the School of Art at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London. During that period he was influenced by the political caricatures in the German magazines Simplicissimus and Jugend. Finey was repatriated to New Zealand in August 1919, departing from England aboard the Tainui and arriving at Wellington on 21 September 1919.
Finey remained in his homeland for only a short time, finding no prospects for work and feeling constrained by the conformity of New Zealand society. He left for Sydney in November 1919.
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George Finey
George Edmond Finey (16 March 1895 – 8 June 1987) was an Australian illustrator, cartoonist and caricaturist. Born in New Zealand, he was most active as a black-and-white artist in Sydney from 1920 to the mid-1940s, during which time he worked for Smith's Weekly, the Labor Daily, the Daily Telegraph and other newspapers and publications. The left-wing pacifist and humanist viewpoint in his political cartoons were the subject of criticism and censure from both the left and right during his career, but Finey remained uncompromising in his political views.
During his period with Smith's Weekly in the 1920s Finey developed outstanding skills as a caricaturist, a category of his art practice for which he was especially admired in his lifetime. The journal Art in Australia dedicated an entire issue to his caricatures in June 1931. Finey moved to the Blue Mountains in 1942. In his later artistic career Finey was known for his expressionistic and mixed media paintings and sculpture.
George Edmond Finey was born on 16 March 1895 in the Auckland suburb of Parnell, New Zealand, one of eleven children of English-born mariner, Solomon ('Harry') Finey, and his wife Rose Emily (née Newton).
By the time he was aged fourteen Finey began selling his drawings to local Auckland newspapers.
From 1912 to 1914, while working as an apprentice lithographer at the New Zealand Herald, Finey studied part-time at Auckland's Elam School of Art, sharing a studio with other artists (including Unk White).
Finey enlisted in the New Zealand Army Service Corps on 25 August 1915. In November 1915 he travelled to Egypt with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force (N.Z.E.F.), where he served as a driver in the Transport Corps. In April 1916 he embarked for France, where he served on the Western Front. Finey was wounded in 1917 and suffered burns from exposure to mustard gas.
Finey was promoted to sergeant in October 1918. After the Armistice Finey was attached to the New Zealand War Records office in London. He was hospitalised with influenza in January 1919 and transferred to the army's Education Department in April. During his deployment Finey was appointed an official war artist with the N.Z.E.F. During a period of leave Finey spent three months studying in the School of Art at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London. During that period he was influenced by the political caricatures in the German magazines Simplicissimus and Jugend. Finey was repatriated to New Zealand in August 1919, departing from England aboard the Tainui and arriving at Wellington on 21 September 1919.
Finey remained in his homeland for only a short time, finding no prospects for work and feeling constrained by the conformity of New Zealand society. He left for Sydney in November 1919.