John Gilmour (cartoonist)

John Henry Gilmour (1892 - 1951, also known as Jack Gilmour, Jno Gee, J.H. Gee and Jay Gee) was a New Zealand cartoonist. He was born in Christchurch and drew for the Canterbury Times (succeeding David Low), the Christchurch Star, the New Zealand Free Lance and the New Zealand Truth.^[1] He lived in England for several years from 1932, where he drew for the Evening Standard.^[2] During this time he also worked as a cartoonist for the British Union of Fascists and his work appeared in the movement's newspapers Fascist Week and The Blackshirt until 1935.^[3] He returned to New Zealand in the late 1930s, again working for Truth and the Star.

Ian F Grant has referred to Gilmour as a 'political chameleon': Gilmour 'drew cartoons for the Free Lance depicting the Labour Party as Bolsheviks. He went on to become the cartoonist for the Labour Party weekly the New Zealand Worker.'^[4]

References

1. "ATL: Unpublished Collections". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
2. "John Gilmour (Jno Gee) | New Zealand Cartoon Archive". www.cartoons.org.nz. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
3. Drábik, Jakub (2017). "Desperate measures or creativity? BUF propaganda techniques" (PDF). Dvacáté Století. 1: 9–17.
4. Grant, Ian F. "Cartooning – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

External links

• Search for work by John Gilmour on DigitalNZ