A cartoonist, illustrator and comic-strip artist much associated with the 'Roaring Twenties Jazz Age', John Held Jr. had a perspective and sense of humor that both reflected and shaped a generation.... Read full biography
A cartoonist, illustrator and comic-strip artist much associated with the 'Roaring Twenties Jazz Age', John Held Jr. had a perspective and sense of humor that both reflected and shaped a generation. His stereotypical flapper women were depicted as simple minded, flat chested and ever accompanied by... Read full biography
A cartoonist, illustrator and comic-strip artist much associated with the 'Roaring Twenties Jazz Age', John Held Jr. had a perspective and sense of humor that both reflected and shaped a generation. His stereotypical flapper women were depicted as simple minded, flat chested and ever accompanied by a raccoon-coated beaux. John Held Jr was born in 1889 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He came by his talent and interest in illustration through his father, who was a copperplate engraver who had... Read full biography
A cartoonist, illustrator and comic-strip artist much associated with the 'Roaring Twenties Jazz Age', John Held Jr. had a perspective and sense of humor that both reflected and shaped a generation. His stereotypical flapper women were depicted as simple minded, flat chested and ever accompanied by a raccoon-coated beaux. John Held Jr was born in 1889 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He came by his talent and interest in illustration through his father, who was a copperplate engraver who had illustrated an edition of The Book of Mormon. When John Jr. was fifteen, he made his first sale, which was to the original Life magazine. The next year he took a job as the sports cartoonist for the Salt Lake City Tribune. He studied art only briefly in his... Read full biography
A cartoonist, illustrator and comic-strip artist much associated with the 'Roaring Twenties Jazz Age', John Held Jr. had a perspective and sense of humor that both reflected and shaped a generation. His stereotypical flapper women were depicted as simple minded, flat chested and ever accompanied by a raccoon-coated beaux. John Held Jr was born in 1889 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He came by his talent and interest in illustration through his father, who was a copperplate engraver who had illustrated an edition of The Book of Mormon. When John Jr. was fifteen, he made his first sale, which was to the original Life magazine. The next year he took a job as the sports cartoonist for the Salt Lake City Tribune. He studied art only briefly in his teens with sculptor Mahonri Young, Brigham Young's famous grandson. In 1912, Held went t... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (38)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
150 Year Survey: Utah Art and Artists
2001
Vern G. Swanson, Robert S. Olpin, Donna L. Poulton, and Janie L. Rogers
160 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Pulp Culture The Art of Fiction Magazines
1998
Robinson, Frank/L Davidson
204 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
The Art of the New Yorker 1925-1995
1995
Lorenz, Lee
200 pages (color)
The "New Woman" Revised Painting and Gender Politics on 14th Street
1993
Todd, Ellen Wiley
414 pages (color)
American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991
Gilbert Anne
1,991 pages (color)
Utah Art
1991
Swanson, Vern; Robert Olpin, William Seifrit
252 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
The Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present
1990
Goulart, Ron (Editor)
408 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
John Held Jr Illustrator of the Jazz Age
1987
Armitage, Shelly
232 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
The Art of New York
1983
Chwast, Seymour/S Heller
190 pages
Treasury of American Pen-and-Ink Illustration 1881 to 1938
1982
Johnson, Fridolf
149 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
The Watercolors of John Held Jr Cityscapes, Landscapes and Flowers (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Weinhardt, Carl J Jr
16 pages (color)
American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources
1979
Doumato, Lamia
246 pages
America's Great Illustrators
1978
Meyer, Susan E
311 pages (color)
American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper
1976
Stebbins, Theodore E
464 pages (color)
The Image of America in Caricature & Cartoon (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Tyler, Ron
228 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
The New Yorker Album of Drawings, 1925-1975
1975
Peppe, Carmine (Layout)
200 pages
Catalogue of American Paintings in British Public Collections
1974
Gidley, Mick
58 pages
The Pulps: Fifty Years of American Pop Culture
1970
Goodstone, Tony (editor)
239 pages (color)
The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s
1966
Reed, Walt
272 pages (color)
Experiencing American Pictures
1943
Pearson, Ralph M
234 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists
1940
Ball, Charlotte (editor)
790 pages
American Book Illustrators Bibliographic Checklist of 123 Artists