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| − | (b. Cork, 14/05/1879 – d. Durban, 14/04/60). Architect, cartoonist, sculptor, jewelry designer, animator. Originally an apprentice to a carpenter (possibly his father), Denis Santry won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London, after which he returned to his home town of Cork in Ireland to apprentice with a local firm of architects. Towards the end of 1901 he moved to South Africa for health reasons and worked as architect and civil engineer in Cape Town. | + | (b. Cork, 14/05/1879 – d. Durban, 14/04/60). Architect, cartoonist, sculptor, jewelry designer, animator. Originally an apprentice to a carpenter (possibly his father), Denis Santry won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London, after which he returned to his home town of Cork in Ireland to apprentice with a local firm of architects. Towards the end of 1901 he moved to South Africa for health reasons and worked as architect and civil engineer in Cape Town. In addition he began to develop a reputation as cartoonist, with his work appearing under the pseudonym of Adam. He was also a silver worker and, with his wife, Madeleine, who was an enameller, he designed the ceremonial key for the opening of Cape Town's new City Hall, which was completed in 1905. Eventually he gave up his architectural practice to concentrate on his art and in 1910 he moved to Johannesburg to become a political cartoonist with the Rand Daily Mail and the Sunday Times. During World War I his work appeared in newspapers overseas and it was during this time that he appeared as the artist and did the drawings for the short [[An Artist’s Inspiration]] (1916), the first South African film to use [[animation]]. Possibly inspired by Winsor McCay’s ''Gertie the Dinosaur'', which had appeared in 1914, it also featured [[Mabel May]] and [[Dick Cruikshanks]]. After a brief stay in the United States, he won competitions to design a war memorial and a bank in Singapore and settled there in 1919 to join a leading firm of architects, for whom he also designed the new Sultan Mosque. In 1934 he planned to retire to England, but his health eventually forced him to return to South Africa, where his wife died in 1944. He died in 1960 and was survived by his second wife, Edith. (FO) |
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(b. Cork, 14/05/1879 – d. Durban, 14/04/60). Architect, cartoonist, sculptor, jewelry designer, animator. Originally an apprentice to a carpenter (possibly his father), Denis Santry won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London, after which he returned to his home town of Cork in Ireland to apprentice with a local firm of architects. Towards the end of 1901 he moved to South Africa for health reasons and worked as architect and civil engineer in Cape Town. In addition he began to develop a reputation as cartoonist, with his work appearing under the pseudonym of Adam. He was also a silver worker and, with his wife, Madeleine, who was an enameller, he designed the ceremonial key for the opening of Cape Town's new City Hall, which was completed in 1905. Eventually he gave up his architectural practice to concentrate on his art and in 1910 he moved to Johannesburg to become a political cartoonist with the Rand Daily Mail and the Sunday Times. During World War I his work appeared in newspapers overseas and it was during this time that he appeared as the artist and did the drawings for the short An Artist’s Inspiration (1916), the first South African film to use animation. Possibly inspired by Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur, which had appeared in 1914, it also featured Mabel May and Dick Cruikshanks. After a brief stay in the United States, he won competitions to design a war memorial and a bank in Singapore and settled there in 1919 to join a leading firm of architects, for whom he also designed the new Sultan Mosque. In 1934 he planned to retire to England, but his health eventually forced him to return to South Africa, where his wife died in 1944. He died in 1960 and was survived by his second wife, Edith. (FO)
Sources
The Straits Times, 7 March 1934
Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm
Schoonraad, Murray and Elzabé - Companion to South African cartoonists
http://www.dia.ie/architects/view/6886/SANTRY-DENIS
http://donors.nl.sg/A53_intro.asp
http://irishcomics.wikia.com/wiki/Denis_Santry_%281879-1960%29
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