Frank Leah (1886-1972) was an illustrator, caricaturist and newspaper art editor based in Dublin, Ireland.[1]
Frank Leah | |
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| Born | 1886  Stockport |
| Died | 1972 (aged 85–86) |
| Occupation | Cartoonist, animator, painter |
Career
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He worked for multiple Dublin newspapers and periodicals including the Weekly Freeman, Evening Telegraph, and the short-lived cinema and theatre publication The Irish Limelight. In 1917 he was the animator of the early Irish animated film, Ten Days' Leave.[2]
He made portraits of many well-known Dublin personalities and famous Irish people including Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith and Éamon De Valera.[1][3][4]
Early life
editLeah was born in 1886 in Stockport, England into a working class family, and was the eldest of many siblings. He sold his first cartoon at the age of 12 and left home at 15.
References
edit- ^ a b "Frank Leah at Whyte's Art Auctions". Whyte's. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ Condon, Denis (2008). Early Irish cinema: 1895-1921 (PDF). Dublin/Portland: Irish academic press. ISBN 0716529726. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ Leah, Frank (1918). "Some [Royal Irish] Academy Patrons /". catalogue.nli.ie. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Leah, Frank, 1886-1972, artist". VIAF. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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