Allan Stomann

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Allan Stomann
Born1943
Melbourne, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Notable works
  • Nothing at All Rhymes
  • Clancy Carruthers with Ted Ashby
  • My Learn-to-take-photos Book
  • Selby the Talking Dog Series

Allan Stomann (born 1943) is an Australian cartoonist and illustrator. He is best known for illustrating children's books, notably the long-running and award-winning Selby the Talking Dog series by author Duncan Ball. [1] His work reached a wide audience through the popular children's school songbooks published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in the 1970s and 1980s, and cartoons in the Australian Women's Weekly in the early 1980s. [2]

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Career

Born in Melbourne, Stomann entered the Art School at Swinburne Technical College in 1959, where fellow students in his year included Keith McMenomy (later author of Ned Kelly: The Authentic Illustrated History). [3] In July 1965, he was one of a number of artists (including Noel Counihan and Louis Kahan) to exhibit at the Stagecoach Gallery in Queens Road, Melbourne. [4] Stomann later spent some time working in Great Britain, where he had a stint as an illustrator on thirty episodes of the children's TV series Jackanory , broadcast between May 1969 and November 1970. [5] During this time, he also illustrated a book of children's poetry, Nothing at All Rhymes, published by Paul Hamlyn in London (1969) and later in Sydney (1971).

In the mid-1970s, Stomann took over from Tony Oliver as illustrator of the children's songbooks published annually by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to accompany a radio series used as a teaching aid in primary schools. Stomann illustrated all of the editions of this songbook between 1976 and 1986 (except for two 1982 editions, both illustrated by Bob Graham) in the distinctive and colourful style that became his trademark. Around 1980, he began to regularly contribute cartoons and illustrations to the Australian Women's Weekly. Although best known for his children's book illustrations (notably the long-running Selby series, published for more than two decades from 1985), Stomann has also, since the early 1980s, contributed artwork to humorous or instructional books for adults. He has also designed sleeves for LP records by popular children's entertainer Peter Combe, including Toffee Apple (1987) and Spaghetti Bolognaise (1988).

In November 1983, Stomann registered his business as Allan Stoman & Associates Pty Ltd. It continues to operate under that name, based in McMahons Point, Sydney.

Works

Early works

ABC Sing books

Selby the Talking Dog series

Other Books for Children

Books for Adults

Album Covers

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References

  1. "KOALA's, Kids Own Australian Literature Awards". Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  2. Bibliography at the National Library of Australia
  3. Swinburne University of Technology. "Swinburne Image Bank" Archived 2013-07-25 at archive.today . Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  4. State Library of Victoria. "Stagecoach Gallery". Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  5. Internet Movie Database. "Filmography by TV series for Allan Stomann". Retrieved July 25, 2013.