Harold Frederick Neville Gye

Harold Frederick Neville Gye (22 May 1887 — 25 November 1967), who published under the name Hal Gye, was an author of cartoons, illustrations and articles for early Australian newspapers and journals. Gye provided the artwork for The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis.[1][2]

Gye's artwork from The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke

Gye was born on 22 May 1887 at Ryde, New South Wales. He exhibited a flair for humour[3] and dabbled in poetry, writing over sixty pieces.[3][4]

Submitting articles and illustrations to The Bulletin, several appeared to have been written as James Hackston, his nom-de-plume.[5] His works include political cartoons and other illustrations, later exhibiting oil paintings and publishing articles; the latter were collected as Father Clears Out (1966).

Gye also provided illustrations for an anthology of Scottish Border poet and Australian bush balladeer Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963), with The Australian and other verses (1916) frontispiece and title page.[6][7] Work was also undertaken for poet and writer Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson.

The autobiography The Hole in the Bedroom Floor (1969) was published after his death in 1967.[8][5]

References
  1. "The Art and Humor of Hal Gye". The Mail (Adelaide). 11 (579). South Australia. 16 June 1923. p. 1. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "40 Years Of Blurb". The Sydney Morning Herald (36, 120). New South Wales, Australia. 26 September 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Memoirs of Harold GYE". The Worker. New South Wales, Australia. 29 September 1910. p. 21. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. 1928 'Wishing', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 2 January, p. 6., viewed 11 Feb 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121699874
  5. "Hilarity with Hal Gye". The Canberra Times. 44 (12, 481). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 November 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. 1916 'Books and bookmen.', The Catholic Press (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1942), 26 October, p. 3., viewed 11 Feb 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105180985
  7. "Sunshine and mist". The Mail (Adelaide). 5 (233). South Australia. 4 November 1916. p. 11. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. Ian F., McLaren (1983). "Gye, Harold Frederick Neville (Hal) (1888 - 1967)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 26 November 2009 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.


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