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Martin Sharp
Martin Ritchie Sharp AM (21 January 1942 – 1 December 2013) was an Australian artist, cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker.
Sharp was born in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales in 1942, and educated at Cranbrook private school, where one of his teachers was the artist Justin O'Brien.[citation needed]
In 1960, Sharp enrolled at the National Art School at East Sydney.[citation needed]
He was one of the editors of Oz, an Australia/UK alternative/underground satire magazine published from 1963 to 1973 and associated with the international counterculture of that era.[citation needed]
Sharp was called Australia's foremost pop artist. He wrote the lyrics of the Cream songs "Tales of Brave Ulysses and "Anyone for Tennis"," and created the cover art for Cream's Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire albums.
He designed at least two posters for Australia's premier contemporary circus, Circus Oz, including the 'World-famous'/'Non-Stop Energy' design.[citation needed]
For most of the 1970s and beyond, Sharp's work and life was dominated by two major interests: Sydney's Luna Park and the entertainer Tiny Tim.
In 1973, a group of pop artists were commissioned by Luna Park Sydney's management. Led by Sharp and Peter Kingston, they worked to restore and revitalise the park. Sharp's involvement at Luna Park would later prove to be a bittersweet experience.
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Martin Sharp
Martin Ritchie Sharp AM (21 January 1942 – 1 December 2013) was an Australian artist, cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker.
Sharp was born in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales in 1942, and educated at Cranbrook private school, where one of his teachers was the artist Justin O'Brien.[citation needed]
In 1960, Sharp enrolled at the National Art School at East Sydney.[citation needed]
He was one of the editors of Oz, an Australia/UK alternative/underground satire magazine published from 1963 to 1973 and associated with the international counterculture of that era.[citation needed]
Sharp was called Australia's foremost pop artist. He wrote the lyrics of the Cream songs "Tales of Brave Ulysses and "Anyone for Tennis"," and created the cover art for Cream's Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire albums.
He designed at least two posters for Australia's premier contemporary circus, Circus Oz, including the 'World-famous'/'Non-Stop Energy' design.[citation needed]
For most of the 1970s and beyond, Sharp's work and life was dominated by two major interests: Sydney's Luna Park and the entertainer Tiny Tim.
In 1973, a group of pop artists were commissioned by Luna Park Sydney's management. Led by Sharp and Peter Kingston, they worked to restore and revitalise the park. Sharp's involvement at Luna Park would later prove to be a bittersweet experience.