Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945
2006Craig, Susan (Compiler)
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1891 Kansas City, Missouri - 1931 New York, New York. Known for: Caricature, illustrator-book.
A painter, cartoonist and drama critic, Ralph Baron was born in Kansas City, Missouri and established his career in New York City, after studying in Paris. However, he continued to return to France.... Read full biography
A painter, cartoonist and drama critic, Ralph Baron was born in Kansas City, Missouri and established his career in New York City, after studying in Paris. However, he continued to return to France. Some of his early illustration work was for "Judge" and "Puck" magazines, and later he was an... Read full biography
A painter, cartoonist and drama critic, Ralph Baron was born in Kansas City, Missouri and established his career in New York City, after studying in Paris. However, he continued to return to France. Some of his early illustration work was for "Judge" and "Puck" magazines, and later he was an illustrator for "Cosmopolitan", "Vanity Fair", and "Life" magazines. He also did book and story illustrations including "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos and "Nonsensorship" by Heywood Broun. He "had... Read full biography
A painter, cartoonist and drama critic, Ralph Baron was born in Kansas City, Missouri and established his career in New York City, after studying in Paris. However, he continued to return to France. Some of his early illustration work was for "Judge" and "Puck" magazines, and later he was an illustrator for "Cosmopolitan", "Vanity Fair", and "Life" magazines. He also did book and story illustrations including "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos and "Nonsensorship" by Heywood Broun. He "had a very stylized and decorative approach, usually satiric, drawn in thin lines and flat tone or color" (Reed 165) and this method seemed very suited to authors. In 1931, he committed suicide, apparently unhappy over the breakup of his stormy marriage... Read full biography
A painter, cartoonist and drama critic, Ralph Baron was born in Kansas City, Missouri and established his career in New York City, after studying in Paris. However, he continued to return to France. Some of his early illustration work was for "Judge" and "Puck" magazines, and later he was an illustrator for "Cosmopolitan", "Vanity Fair", and "Life" magazines. He also did book and story illustrations including "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos and "Nonsensorship" by Heywood Broun. He "had a very stylized and decorative approach, usually satiric, drawn in thin lines and flat tone or color" (Reed 165) and this method seemed very suited to authors. In 1931, he committed suicide, apparently unhappy over the breakup of his stormy marriage to Carlotta Monterey. Source:. Walt Reed, "The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000". ------------------------------------------... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001Reed, Walt452 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Art of the New Yorker 1925-1995
1995Lorenz, Lee200 pages (color)Animation, Caricature...Cartoons in the U S A and Canada/A Bibliography
1994Lent, John A415 pagesAmerican Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991Gilbert Anne1,991 pages (color)Just Looking Essays on Art
1989Updike, John210 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesNational Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985Smithsonian Institution461 pagesThe Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S600 pagesThe Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984Reed, Walt and Roger355 pages (color)Legacy of the West
1982Hunt, David C; Marsha V. Gallagher157 pages (color)Dictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesMasters of Caricature From Hogarth & Gillray to Scarfe & Levine
1981Feaver, William240 pages (color)The Image of America in Caricature & Cartoon
1976
(Exhibition catalog)Tyler, Ron228 pages (color)The New Yorker Album of Drawings, 1925-1975
1975Peppe, Carmine (Layout)200 pagesFaces and Facts about 26 Contemporary Artists (illustrators)
1968Birchman, Willis81 pagesAmerican Book Illustrators Bibliographic Checklist of 123 Artists
1938Bolton, Theodore290 pagesHistory of American Graphic Humor 1865-1938
1938Murrell, William267 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages