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1893 Mendota, Illinois - 1949 Washington District Of Columbia. Known for: Illustrator-cartoonist.
Best known as an illustrator of satirical covers and cartoons for the "New Yorker" magazine, she was known for her themes of the bemused older woman who found herself out-of-step with the times. She... Read full biography
Best known as an illustrator of satirical covers and cartoons for the "New Yorker" magazine, she was known for her themes of the bemused older woman who found herself out-of-step with the times. She was raised in a comfortable middle class environment in Mendota, Illinois. In high school, she did... Read full biography
Best known as an illustrator of satirical covers and cartoons for the "New Yorker" magazine, she was known for her themes of the bemused older woman who found herself out-of-step with the times. She was raised in a comfortable middle class environment in Mendota, Illinois. In high school, she did numerous caricatures of classmates and teachers and then attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts where she studied cartooning and illustrating for five years. She also worked as a fashion-design... Read full biography
Best known as an illustrator of satirical covers and cartoons for the "New Yorker" magazine, she was known for her themes of the bemused older woman who found herself out-of-step with the times. She was raised in a comfortable middle class environment in Mendota, Illinois. In high school, she did numerous caricatures of classmates and teachers and then attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts where she studied cartooning and illustrating for five years. She also worked as a fashion-design sketcher and then moved to New York City where she did freelance fashion illustrating. But her interests turned to social issues including the circumstances of laboring people, and in 1925, she sent sketches to "New Yorker" editor Harold Ross. He began... Read full biography
Best known as an illustrator of satirical covers and cartoons for the "New Yorker" magazine, she was known for her themes of the bemused older woman who found herself out-of-step with the times. She was raised in a comfortable middle class environment in Mendota, Illinois. In high school, she did numerous caricatures of classmates and teachers and then attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts where she studied cartooning and illustrating for five years. She also worked as a fashion-design sketcher and then moved to New York City where she did freelance fashion illustrating. But her interests turned to social issues including the circumstances of laboring people, and in 1925, she sent sketches to "New Yorker" editor Harold Ross. He began publishing her cartoons that year, and from that time her reputation was assured. She also worked for the "Ladies Home Journal.". S... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
Art Subject
- •Caricatures
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •New York City
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Art Association
- •National Arts Club, New York
Art School
- •Chicago Academy/School of Fine Arts, Student
- •Parsons, The New School for Design, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •THE NEW YORKER Magazine Illustration, Cartoon or Photography