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1877 Heide, Germany - 1968 New York City. Known for: Cartoonist, landscape painting, engraving.
Rudolph Dirks was on of the major figures in the development of newspaper comics. He invented the Katzenjammer Kids in 1897, and drew them for roughly the next half century. Although he remained fond... Read full biography
Rudolph Dirks was on of the major figures in the development of newspaper comics. He invented the Katzenjammer Kids in 1897, and drew them for roughly the next half century. Although he remained fond of Hans and Fritz throughout his long lifetime, his major interest was painting. Dirks was born in... Read full biography
Rudolph Dirks was on of the major figures in the development of newspaper comics. He invented the Katzenjammer Kids in 1897, and drew them for roughly the next half century. Although he remained fond of Hans and Fritz throughout his long lifetime, his major interest was painting. Dirks was born in Germany and grew up in the Chicago area. His initial intent was to be a woodcarver like his father, but "one week in the shop settled that. I almost cut off one hand." He decided on cartooning and... Read full biography
Rudolph Dirks was on of the major figures in the development of newspaper comics. He invented the Katzenjammer Kids in 1897, and drew them for roughly the next half century. Although he remained fond of Hans and Fritz throughout his long lifetime, his major interest was painting. Dirks was born in Germany and grew up in the Chicago area. His initial intent was to be a woodcarver like his father, but "one week in the shop settled that. I almost cut off one hand." He decided on cartooning and painting, and in the late 1890s followed his older brother, Gus, also a cartoonist, to Manhattan. "I decided to go to New York where all the jokes came from". After working at a variety of jobs, including painting dime novel covers, he went to work for... Read full biography
Rudolph Dirks was on of the major figures in the development of newspaper comics. He invented the Katzenjammer Kids in 1897, and drew them for roughly the next half century. Although he remained fond of Hans and Fritz throughout his long lifetime, his major interest was painting. Dirks was born in Germany and grew up in the Chicago area. His initial intent was to be a woodcarver like his father, but "one week in the shop settled that. I almost cut off one hand." He decided on cartooning and painting, and in the late 1890s followed his older brother, Gus, also a cartoonist, to Manhattan. "I decided to go to New York where all the jokes came from". After working at a variety of jobs, including painting dime novel covers, he went to work for Hearsts' New York Journal. There, at the age of 20, Dirks created the Katz... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pages100 Years of American Newspaper Comics An Illustrated Encyclopedia
1996Horn, Maurice (editor)414 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesThe Encyclopedia of American Comics From 1897 to the Present
1990Goulart, Ron (Editor)408 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesThe Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics
1988Blackbeard, Bill and Martin Williams334 pages (color)A Century of Color, 1886-1986: Ogunquit, Maine's Art Colony
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Tragard, Louise; Patricia Hart and W.L. Copithorne140 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesThe Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S600 pagesSmithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975Editor, Smithsonian0 pagesClassic Comics & Their Creators Life Stories of American Cartoonists
1973Sheridan, Martin304 pagesThe Story of the Armory Show
1963
(Exhibition catalog)Brown, Milton W320 pagesComic Art in America
1959Becker, Stephen387 pagesThe Comics
1947Waugh, Coulton360 pages (color)Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit
1915Walter, John; Pedro Lemos112 pages