Frank Leah

Frank Leah
Born	1886  Stockport
Died	1972  (aged 85–86)
Occupation	Cartoonist, animator, painter

Frank Leah (1886-1972) was an illustrator, caricaturist and newspaper art editor based in Dublin, Ireland.[1]

Career

Caricature of Fred O'Donovan (actor) by Frank Leah (1917)

He worked for multiple Dublin newspapers and periodicals including the Weekly Freeman, Evening Telegraph, and the short-lived cinema and theatre publication The Irish Limelight. In 1917 he was the animator of the early Irish animated film, Ten Days' Leave.[2]

He made portraits of many well-known Dublin personalities and famous Irish people including Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith and Éamon De Valera.[1][3][4]

Early life

Leah was born in 1886 in Stockport, England into a working class family, and was the eldest of many siblings. He sold his first cartoon at the age of 12 and left home at 15.

References

1. "Frank Leah at Whyte's Art Auctions". Whyte's. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
2. Condon, Denis (2008). Early Irish cinema: 1895-1921 (PDF). Dublin/Portland: Irish academic press. ISBN 0716529726. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
3. Leah, Frank (1918). "Some [Royal Irish] Academy Patrons /". catalogue.nli.ie. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
4. "Leah, Frank, 1886-1972, artist". VIAF. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

External links

• Works by Leah, Frank, 1886-1972, artist in the National Library of Ireland catalogue