Edward Ambrose Dyson Explained

Edward Ambrose Dyson (15 December 1908 – 26 November 1952), often known as "Amby" or "Amb Dyson" was an Australian illustrator, comics artist ^[1] and political cartoonist.

Biography

He was born in Melbourne on 15 December 1908, the son of Ambrose Dyson (1876–1913) and Mabel Fraser.^[2]

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.^[3] He contributed drawings to Hardy's masterpiece Power Without Glory.

Dyson died on 26 November 1952.

Bibliography

• 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

Sources

• McCullough, Alan Encyclopedia of Australian Art Hutchinson of London 1968
• A Dyson Bibliography
• Lambiek Comiclopedia article.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ambrose Dyson - Lambiek Comiclopedia.
2. Web site: Kerr . Joan . Edward Ambrose Dyson . Dictionary of Australian Artists Online . 14 November 2007 . 25 June 2010.
3. Web site: Roberts . Jack . Edward Ambrose Dyson . Reason In Revolt . Reason In Revolt Project . 25 January 2010 . 25 June 2010.