The venerable, the honourable, the esteemed, the lauded, the accomplished, the bumptious, the po-faced, the retiring and the conceited — they were all among Lionel Coventry's chosen subjects.
abc.net.au/news/lionel-coventry-caricatures-and-cartoons-go-on-show/101372570During his lifetime, Lionel Coventry enjoyed a high profile — which, for a man drawn to human profiles, was only fitting.His chosen subjects were, naturally, the rich and the famous — the influencers of his day.
"I just thought, 'Here is a significant person from South Australia who's not been recognised for all of his wonderful work'. "We were surrounded by Dad's caricatures because he worked from home [and] there were a couple of rooms in the house that became his studios," Roger said."[When] we used to go to town for the Christmas pageant with him … people would stop him in the street and say, 'Lionel Coventry!' He was a bit like a movie star."
Among those who disapproved was an American military officer, who angrily protested: "You've made me look like a bloody bullfrog!"
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