Vasco Loureiro - Research Project: February 2016

Thursday, February 4, 2016

2016 Brightlingsea Anzac Memorial Weekend

On 16-19 June there will be a commemorative Anzac Weekend at Brightlingsea Essex, UK, site of the AIF's Engineering Training Depot during World War I

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'.