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William Hill BIOGRAPHY
1887 New York City - 1962. Known for: Illustration, cartoons.
Born in New York, Hill was a resident of Chicago (1917-26), NYC (1927) and San Francisco (1929). He was the creator of the comic strip Among Us Mortals, which was syndicated nationally from 1916 to... Read full biography
Born in New York, Hill was a resident of Chicago (1917-26), NYC (1927) and San Francisco (1929). He was the creator of the comic strip Among Us Mortals, which was syndicated nationally from 1916 to 1960. Joyce K. Schiller, Curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum wrote: "I stumbled across an old... Read full biography
Born in New York, Hill was a resident of Chicago (1917-26), NYC (1927) and San Francisco (1929). He was the creator of the comic strip Among Us Mortals, which was syndicated nationally from 1916 to 1960. Joyce K. Schiller, Curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum wrote: "I stumbled across an old bibliographic entry for the early 20th century illustrator William E. Hill. The following book is unusual because you don't often find illustrators as authors. In this case the book is a compilation of... Read full biography
Born in New York, Hill was a resident of Chicago (1917-26), NYC (1927) and San Francisco (1929). He was the creator of the comic strip Among Us Mortals, which was syndicated nationally from 1916 to 1960. Joyce K. Schiller, Curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum wrote: "I stumbled across an old bibliographic entry for the early 20th century illustrator William E. Hill. The following book is unusual because you don't often find illustrators as authors. In this case the book is a compilation of some of Hill's weekly cartoons and also some of his writings for the Sunday New York Tribune. William E. Hill, with text by Franklin P. Adams, Among Us Mortals (New York and Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917). Also interesting in Adams' preface for... Read full biography
Born in New York, Hill was a resident of Chicago (1917-26), NYC (1927) and San Francisco (1929). He was the creator of the comic strip Among Us Mortals, which was syndicated nationally from 1916 to 1960. Joyce K. Schiller, Curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum wrote: "I stumbled across an old bibliographic entry for the early 20th century illustrator William E. Hill. The following book is unusual because you don't often find illustrators as authors. In this case the book is a compilation of some of Hill's weekly cartoons and also some of his writings for the Sunday New York Tribune. William E. Hill, with text by Franklin P. Adams, Among Us Mortals (New York and Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917). Also interesting in Adams' preface for the Hill book he wrote,. "The pictures in this book were drawn by William E. Hill, who was bo. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in... Read full biography
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Born in New York, Hill was a resident of Chicago (1917-26), NYC (1927) and San Francisco (1929). He was the creator of the comic strip Among Us Mortals, which was syndicated nationally from 1916 to 1960.
Joyce K. Schiller, Curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum wrote: "I stumbled across an old bibliographic entry for the early 20th century illustrator William E. Hill. The following book is unusual because you don't often find illustrators as authors. In this case the book is a compilation of some of Hill's weekly cartoons and also some of his writings for the Sunday New York Tribune.
William E. Hill, with text by Franklin P. Adams, Among Us Mortals (New York and Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917
Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1927; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); SF Chronicle, 3-25-1929, 12/2.
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