Keith Waite
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Keith Roy Waite (19 March 1927, in New Plymouth, New Zealand – 10 April 2014, in Ipswich, United Kingdom) was a New Zealand-born editorial cartoonist. He has been referred to as one of the 'greatest-ever social and political cartoonists' in Britain.{{Cite journal|last=Cannan|first=Dave|date=31 May 2014|title=One of the 'greatest-ever' gave no quarter|journal=Otago Daily Times |pages=36}}
Biography
At the age of nine, Waite won a newspaper cartoon competition.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/keith-waite-social-and-political-cartoonist-whose-50-year-career-took-in-newspapers-including-the-9395516.html|title=Keith Waite: Social and political cartoonist whose 50-year career took|date=2014-05-19|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}} He has been quoted as saying "I just knew from an early age that I wanted to be a cartoonist".{{Cite web|url=https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/w-x/KeithWaite.html|title=Keith Waite - British Cartoon Archive - University of Kent|website=www.cartoons.ac.uk|access-date=2019-05-25}} His interest in art continued and he attended Elam School of Fine Arts, as well as Auckland Teacher Training College. After teaching for a year, he returned to Elam while working as a free-lance cartoonist for the Taranaki Daily News, the Auckland Weekly News and the New Zealand Herald.{{Cite journal|date=10 December 1949|title=Cartoonist for the Daily Times. Introducing "Waite"|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19491210.2.61|journal=Otago Daily Times |pages=6}} He took up a position at the Otago Daily Times as a staff cartoonist in 1949.
In 1951, Waite moved to the United Kingdom contributing to a number of publications including the Sunday Times, the Glasgow Daily Record, The Scottish Daily News, Punch (1952-1964), and Men Only magazine. Between 1957 and 1964 he worked as the chief political cartoonist for the Daily Sketch in London, producing up to three cartoons a day.{{Cite web|url=http://www.original-political-cartoon.com/cartoon-gallery/artists/waite-keith-1927-2014/|title=Waite, Keith (1927 - 2014) - Cartoon Gallery|website=www.original-political-cartoon.com|access-date=2019-05-25}} He continued to work for London-based publications, including the Sun (1964–69), the Daily Mirror (1969–85), the Sunday Mirror (1970–80) and the City Diary of The Times (1987-1997). He was made Cartoonist of the Year in 1963 by the Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain.
Publications
- Just Waite: Cartoons from the Otago Daily Times (1950). Dunedin, Otago Daily Times Print.
- Waite up to date 1959: Cartoons from the Otago Daily Times (1951). Dunedin, Otago Daily Times Print.
- The adventures of Little Mookra, by John Emlyn Edwars, illustrated by Keith Waite (1977). London, Methuen Children's Books.
- Cooking afloat on sail and power boats, by Fiona Grafton, illustrated by Keith Waite (1979). London, Macmillan.
- The worlds of Waite: Cartoons from the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror (1989). London, Mirror.
- Sailing past, by Renee M Waite, illustrated by Keith Waite (1992). London, Seafarer
Exhibitions
- Drawn and Quartered: The World of the British Newspaper Cartoon, 1720-1970, National Portrait Gallery, London (1970)
- Not By Appointment, London Press Club (1977)
- Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003, National Library of New Zealand (2003)
External links
- [https://digitalnz.org/records?text=waite%2C+keith Search for material relating to Keith Waite on DigitalNZ]
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Category:British editorial cartoonists
Category:New Zealand editorial cartoonists