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Born 1948 New York City. Known for: Newspaper, comic strip cartoons, "Doonesbury".
Garry Trudeau is the creator of the trenchant topical satire strip, Doonesbury. Born Garretson Beekman Trudeau in New York City, he grew up in the fashionable upstate resort area of Saranac Lake. As... Read full biography
Garry Trudeau is the creator of the trenchant topical satire strip, Doonesbury. Born Garretson Beekman Trudeau in New York City, he grew up in the fashionable upstate resort area of Saranac Lake. As a student in St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, which he entered in 1960, he was president of the... Read full biography
Garry Trudeau is the creator of the trenchant topical satire strip, Doonesbury. Born Garretson Beekman Trudeau in New York City, he grew up in the fashionable upstate resort area of Saranac Lake. As a student in St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, which he entered in 1960, he was president of the Art Association, co-edited the yearbook, won the senior class art prize, and drew murals for a local hospital. When he went to Yale in 1966, he continued to pursue his artistic inclinations. He created... Read full biography
Garry Trudeau is the creator of the trenchant topical satire strip, Doonesbury. Born Garretson Beekman Trudeau in New York City, he grew up in the fashionable upstate resort area of Saranac Lake. As a student in St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, which he entered in 1960, he was president of the Art Association, co-edited the yearbook, won the senior class art prize, and drew murals for a local hospital. When he went to Yale in 1966, he continued to pursue his artistic inclinations. He created a comic strip in his first year -- "a Feifferesque embarrassment," according to Time magazine, about the social failures of a Yale freshman but he made no efforts to publish it because he recognized its graphic defects. In his junior year, he tried... Read full biography
Garry Trudeau is the creator of the trenchant topical satire strip, Doonesbury. Born Garretson Beekman Trudeau in New York City, he grew up in the fashionable upstate resort area of Saranac Lake. As a student in St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, which he entered in 1960, he was president of the Art Association, co-edited the yearbook, won the senior class art prize, and drew murals for a local hospital. When he went to Yale in 1966, he continued to pursue his artistic inclinations. He created a comic strip in his first year -- "a Feifferesque embarrassment," according to Time magazine, about the social failures of a Yale freshman but he made no efforts to publish it because he recognized its graphic defects. In his junior year, he tried again with Bull Tales, satirizing not only the social problems of freshman, but also the entire range of campus life. The... Read full biography
Garry (Garretson) Beekman Trudeau - Artist Info
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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
Art Subject
- •Caricatures
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Satire, Parody
Awards/Recognition
- •Reuben Award, National Cartoon Society
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •HARPER'S WEEKLY, BAZAAR, MONTHLY Illustrator/Photos
- •Mural Specialty
- •Newspaper Staff, Events, Artist, Cartoon, Illustration, Photography, Graphics
- •ROLLING STONE Magazine Illustration, Photography
- •Trained as Professional Architect