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1917 Phildadelphia, Pennsylvania - 2016 Guilford, Connecticut. Known for: Magazine cartoonist-The New Yorker.
Following is The New York Times obituary of Frank Modell, . "Frank Modell, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 98". By Sam Roberts, May 29, 2016. Frank Modell, a classically trained artist who... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Frank Modell, . "Frank Modell, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 98". By Sam Roberts, May 29, 2016. Frank Modell, a classically trained artist who contributed more than 1,400 cartoons to The New Yorker — customarily, he said, “of angry men and sexy... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Frank Modell, . "Frank Modell, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 98". By Sam Roberts, May 29, 2016. Frank Modell, a classically trained artist who contributed more than 1,400 cartoons to The New Yorker — customarily, he said, “of angry men and sexy women and dogs” — during an illustrious era for the magazine, died on Friday at his home in Guilford, Conn. He was 98. A friend, Florence Hammond, confirmed his death. For more than 50 years,... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Frank Modell, . "Frank Modell, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 98". By Sam Roberts, May 29, 2016. Frank Modell, a classically trained artist who contributed more than 1,400 cartoons to The New Yorker — customarily, he said, “of angry men and sexy women and dogs” — during an illustrious era for the magazine, died on Friday at his home in Guilford, Conn. He was 98. A friend, Florence Hammond, confirmed his death. For more than 50 years, beginning 1946, Mr. Modell’s moon-faced characters leapt from The New Yorker’s pages in a perpetual state of exasperation or pandemonium, evoking for readers their everyday vexations. “The best compliment I ever had was from a young lady who liked a cartoon... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Frank Modell, . "Frank Modell, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 98". By Sam Roberts, May 29, 2016. Frank Modell, a classically trained artist who contributed more than 1,400 cartoons to The New Yorker — customarily, he said, “of angry men and sexy women and dogs” — during an illustrious era for the magazine, died on Friday at his home in Guilford, Conn. He was 98. A friend, Florence Hammond, confirmed his death. For more than 50 years, beginning 1946, Mr. Modell’s moon-faced characters leapt from The New Yorker’s pages in a perpetual state of exasperation or pandemonium, evoking for readers their everyday vexations. “The best compliment I ever had was from a young lady who liked a cartoon of mine,” he recalled in 1988. “She said, ‘It said something I knew, but didn’t know I knew.’”... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of Frank Modell,
"Frank Modell, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 98"
By Sam Roberts, May 29, 2016
Frank Modell, a classically trained artist who contributed more than 1,400 cartoons to The New Yorker — customarily, he said, “of angry men and sexy women and dogs” — during an illustrious era for the magazine, died on Friday at his home in Guilford, Conn. He was 98.
A friend, Florence Hammond, confirmed his death.
For more than 50 years, beginning 1946, Mr. Modell’s moon-faced characters leapt from The New Yorker’s pages in a perpetual state of exasperation or pandemonium, evoking for readers their everyday vexations.
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