Bruce Leslie Petty (23 November 1929 – 6 April 2023) was an Australian political satirist , sculptor and cartoonist. He was a regular contributor to Melbourne's The Age newspaper.
10-1478: [REDACTED] Look up petty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Petty may refer to: People [ edit ] Bruce Petty (1929–2023), Australian political satirist and cartoonist Bryce Petty (born 1991), American football player Dini Petty (born 1945), Canadian television and radio host Eric D. Petty (born 1954), American politician and businessman Florence Petty (1870–1948), British cookery book writer and broadcaster George Petty (1894–1975), American pin-up artist J. T. Petty (born 1977), American dialogue video game writer and film director John Petty (disambiguation) , several people Joseph Petty , Massachusetts politician Joseph H. Petty (1826–1901), New York politician Kathleen Petty (born 1960), Canadian news anchor Lori Petty (born 1963), American movie actress Norman Petty (1927–1984), American musician, songwriter, and record producer Orlando Henderson Petty (1874–1932), American Medal of Honor recipient Philip Petty (1840-1917), American Medal of Honor recipient Rebecca Petty (born c. 1970), American politician and advocate of child crime victims Richard E. Petty , distinguished university professor of psychology at The Ohio State University Sylvannus Petty , Bahamian politician Tom Petty (1950–2017), American musician W. Morgan Petty ,
20-1242: A fictional writer William Petty (1623–1687), British economist and inventor William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805), British Prime Minister and Irish peer An American auto racing family prominent in NASCAR: Lee Petty (1914–2000), family patriarch and NASCAR pioneer Richard Petty (born 1937), son of Lee, NASCAR driver Maurice Petty (1939–2020), son of Lee, NASCAR mechanic Kyle Petty (born 1960), son of Richard, NASCAR driver Ritchie Petty (born 1968), son of Maurice, NASCAR driver Adam Petty (1980–2000), son of Kyle, NASCAR driver Places [ edit ] Petty France (disambiguation) Petty, Highland , Scotland Others [ edit ] Petty-Fitzmaurice Petty Enterprises , NASCAR racing team owned by Richard and Kyle Petty Petty officer , non-commissioned officer in many navies Petty (adjective), of little or no importance Petty crime (misdemeanor) See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Petty All pages with titles containing Petty Pett Nicholas M. Pette (1891–1988), New York politician and judge Petté ,
30-597: A number of "machine sculptures" with the most famous being a piece known as "Man Environment Machine" (fondly known as the "Petty Machine") that was a feature piece of the Australian Pavilion at World Expo '85 at Tsukuba, Japan. In 2001 Patty was awarded a Silver Stanley Award by the Australian Cartoonists' Association . In 2007, he received the AFI Best Documentary Director prize for
40-664: A town in Cameroon Pettey , surname Pettie , surname Pretty (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Petty . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petty&oldid=1253540624 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists English-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description
50-430: Is a retrospective collection of editorial cartoons from 1959 to the present, street sketches done on assignment around the world, and etchings. Those of Petty's cartoons that depict themes such as the economy, international relations or other social issues as complicated interlocking machines (that manipulate, or are manipulated by, people) have been likened to Rube Goldberg machines or Heath Robinson contraptions. At
60-462: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bruce Petty Petty was born on 23 November 1929, at Doncaster , a suburb of Melbourne . His intricate images have been described as "doodle-bombs" for their free-association of links between various ideas, people and institutions. Age journalist Martin Flanagan wrote that Petty "re-invented
70-616: The 2016 Walkley Awards Petty was recognised with the Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism award. Petty said in the foreword to Parallel Worlds that he was a humanist and socialist, mentioning visits to Nicaragua and Cuba in the early 1960s, and feeling the influence of Colin Wilson 's The Outsider . Petty was married firstly to ABC journalist and film critic Julie Rigg. They had two sons. In 1988 he married award-winning author Kate Grenville , with whom he had
80-501: The animated film Leisure , of which he was the director, won an Academy Award for the producer Suzanne Baker (the first Australian woman to win an Oscar). "When I got it, the Oscar went to the producer. We got a picture of it, a very nice gold-framed picture." ( The Age , 22 June 2004) Petty made a number of other award-winning animated films including Art , Australian History , Hearts and Minds and Karl Marx . Petty also created
90-590: The documentary Global Haywire which he wrote, directed and animated, as well as the Best Documentary Sound prize ; this documentary tries to unravel the global pattern that leads to an understanding of how the world came to be as it is today, and is based on interviews with intellectuals, students and journalists. In 2009 Petty was awarded the Melbourne Press Club 's Quill Lifetime Achievement Award. Petty's 2008 book, Petty's Parallel Worlds ,
100-714: The world as a vast scribbly machine with interlocking cogs and levers that connected people in wholly logical but unlikely ways." Petty began working for the Owen Brothers animation studio in Melbourne in 1949, before moving to the UK in 1954. His cartoons were published in The New Yorker , Esquire and Punch . On his return to Australia in 1961, he worked at first for The (Sydney) Daily Mirror , The Bulletin and The Australian before joining The Age in 1976. In 1976 ,
#738261