CHOICE of "Bambi" as winner of "Model of the Year" was made by Sydney commercial artist, from a number of photographs of different models which they themselves collected and assembled for criticism. Grouped round president of Black and White Artists Association, Stan Cross, pointing to photo, are: Syd Miller, Dorothy Wilson, George Aria, Trevor Wilson, Bob Whitmore, Charles Whitman, James Oink, Eric Langker, Emile Mercier and Eric Jollife.
The following article featured in Pix Magazine September 7 1946.
Artists Award "Oscar" To Model Of The Year
SCULPTURED by well known Sydney artist Lyndon Dadswell, a replica "Oscar" will be awarded annually by NSW black and white artists to the girl who, in their opinion, best merits the title of "Model of the Year." Winner of 1946 artist's model stakes is 19-year-old Patricia Tuckwell, violinist in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, whom flautist Neville Amadio has nick-named "Bambi" for her lustrous brown eyes and fawn-like grace. Presentation of the "Oscar," which will be a design based on similar lines to well-known Hollywood Academy Award, will be an annual event, scheduled to take place at yearly Artists' Ball, the first of which will be held at the Trocadero on September 10. Proceeds of Ball will be used by the sponsors to establish a Graphic Arts Centre in Sydney for the education and encouragement of progressive young illustrative artists. Winning models each year will retain her "Oscar," a duplicate being competed for in the following competitions.
CONCENTRATING on model "Bambi," a quintet of distinguished Sydney artists settles down to record individual ideas of the 1946 "Model of the Year." From left they are: Lahm, creator of “Snifter “; WEP, creator of "In and Out of Society"; John Baird, magazine and newspaper illustrator; popular "Sun" artist Jimmy Bancks (standing) father of the lovable "Ginger Meggs" comic strip; Will Mahoney (right foreground), cartoonist, magazine and commercial illustrator.
Patricia Tuckwell
