Brian Penton
Brian Con Penton (21 August 1904 – 24 August 1951) was an Australian
Writing career
In 1921 Penton found employment as a copy-boy on the Brisbane Courier and went on to work on
Penton wrote two novels, which sold quite well:
William Dobell won the 1943 Archibald Prize (awarded January 1944) with his caricature portrait of Joshua Smith (artist). In the ensuing controversy Penton sided with Dobell, both in The Daily Telegraph and in his 1946 book on Dobell. The book includes a reproduction of Dobell's caricature portrait of Penton, submitted to the same Archibald exhibition.
Penton Place, in the Canberra suburb of Gilmore, is named in his honour.[2]
Works
- Penton, Brian (1934). Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch. Endeavour Press, Sydney.
- Penton, Brian (1936). Inheritors. Angus & Robertson, Sydney.
- Penton, Brian (1943). Advance Australia - Where?. Cassell & Co, Sydney.
- Penton, Brian (1941). Think - Or Be Damned. Halstead Press, Sydney.
- Penton, Brian (1946). The Art of William Dobell: Introduction by Brian Penton. Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney.
- Penton, Brian (1947). Censored!. Shakespeare Head Press, Sydney.
External links
See also
Sources
- ^ Buckridge, Patrick, 'Penton, Brian Con (1904 - 1951)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, Melbourne University Press, 2000, pp 589-590.
- ^ "Australian Capital Territory National Memorials Ordinance 1928 Determination — Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic (National : 1977–2011), p.21". Trove. 15 May 1987. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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