Artist and sculptor, known both as Frank and as Guy Lynch, born either in Melbourne or New Zealand. With NZEF in World War I (New Zealand Field Artillery), serving at Gallipoli and in France, where he won the Military Medal for gallantry, in 1916 or 1917. Some of the drawings in the wartime publication Shell Shocks, were his work. After the war he moved to Britain, then to Australia about 1930. He exhibited bronze heads at the Royal Academy in 1921 and 1928. His entry for a New Zealand competition for a national war memorial 'The untidy soldier' was rejected, but memorial sculptures by him in Masterton and Devonport were produced.
Lynch, Frank Guy Ennis, 1895-1967
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Lynch, Frank Guy Ennis, 1895-1967 :[Caricatures and cartoons relating to the European W...
Date: 1914 - 1918
By: Lynch, Frank Guy Ennis, 1895-1967; Hay, John (Sir), active 1960s
Reference: A-224-006/011
Description: Include portrait of Kitchener Extended Title - Published in: Shell Shocks... London: Jarrold [1916 Quantity: 5 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink sketches, 312 x 242 mm
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Artist unknown :[Cartoons relating to the European War 1914-1916, by various artists in...
Date: 1914 - 1916
By: Thompson, Ernest Heber, 1892-1971; Bell, William Frederick, 1895-1920; Lynch, Frank Guy Ennis, 1895-1967; Hay, John (Sir), active 1960s
Reference: A-225-013/018
Description: A-225-017 & 018 published in Shell Shocks (London, Jarrold, 1916) p.21 & 35. Others probably drawn for Shell shocks but not used The collection of drawings is unattributed to artists. Numbers 6-10 are signed S. M. The remainder are unsigned, although Number 13-15 and possibly 16 may all be the work of the same artist, a different person from S. M., judging by the style of the drawings (pencil, ink and wash). Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and ink & wash various sizes