Vasco Loureiro - Research Project: July 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

1917 Western Front Vasco's CO, Major Donaldson, 11th Field Company RAE

Have just noticed comment re Vasco on The Great War Forum regarding Vasco's commanding officer during World War I, Major Donaldson. The AWM has an image of Major Donaldson and also a Vasco caricature entitled Don. (The Great War Forum: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=176125&hl=vasco)

Major Donaldson Vasco's Don

Vasco Loureiro (1882-1918)

Vasco (aka Louis Vasco) was an Australian postcard artist and intinerent caricaturist who travelled widely. His drawings provide a fascinating insight into various aspects of daily life and many are associated with significant historical events. Some of these drawings have survived and are now turning up in different parts of the world.

This blog is being written as part of a research project that will produce both a PhD and an illlustrated biography.

The blog has been created as an experiment in web-based research methodology. There are still some mysteries and a number of gaps in the Vasco story and there will almost certainly be undiscovered Vasco artworks out there somewhere. The hope is that readers of this blog may be able to help fill some of the gaps or uncover 'a Vasco'.