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1883 Fergus Falls, Minnesota - 1964. Known for: Comic strip, cartooning.
Clifford Sterrett was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip Polly and Her Pals. Born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where his father was a druggist, Cliff Sterrett was of... Read full biography
Clifford Sterrett was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip Polly and Her Pals. Born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where his father was a druggist, Cliff Sterrett was of Scandinavian ancestry. His mother died when he was two; Cliff and his younger brother Paul were then... Read full biography
Clifford Sterrett was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip Polly and Her Pals. Born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where his father was a druggist, Cliff Sterrett was of Scandinavian ancestry. His mother died when he was two; Cliff and his younger brother Paul were then raised by a maiden aunt, Sallie Johnson, after their father moved to Seattle. With a letter of introduction from a local Episcopal clergyman, the 18-year-old Sterrett moved to New York, where he... Read full biography
Clifford Sterrett was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip Polly and Her Pals. Born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where his father was a druggist, Cliff Sterrett was of Scandinavian ancestry. His mother died when he was two; Cliff and his younger brother Paul were then raised by a maiden aunt, Sallie Johnson, after their father moved to Seattle. With a letter of introduction from a local Episcopal clergyman, the 18-year-old Sterrett moved to New York, where he enrolled in the Chase Art School for two years of study. He signed on at the New York Herald in 1904 as a staff art assistant and submitted cartoons to the New York Telegram, embarking on his first comic strips: Ventriloquial Vag, Merry Ha-Ha, When a... Read full biography
Clifford Sterrett was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip Polly and Her Pals. Born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where his father was a druggist, Cliff Sterrett was of Scandinavian ancestry. His mother died when he was two; Cliff and his younger brother Paul were then raised by a maiden aunt, Sallie Johnson, after their father moved to Seattle. With a letter of introduction from a local Episcopal clergyman, the 18-year-old Sterrett moved to New York, where he enrolled in the Chase Art School for two years of study. He signed on at the New York Herald in 1904 as a staff art assistant and submitted cartoons to the New York Telegram, embarking on his first comic strips: Ventriloquial Vag, Merry Ha-Ha, When a Man’s Married, Before and After and For This We Have Daughters. Leaving the Telegram, he drew illustrations for... Read full biography
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
Art Subject
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators-
Art Teacher
- •William Merritt Chase
Art School
- •New York School of Art (Chase), Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Cartoon Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Ogunquit Artist Colony, Maine