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1919 New York City - 2004 Greenwich, Connecticut. Known for: Illustrator, cartoonist, portrait.
Illustrator for 34 years of the comic strip "Prince Valiant", an Arthurian legend for King Features Syndicate, John Murphy was born in New York City and grew up in Chicago and New Rochelle, New York.... Read full biography
Illustrator for 34 years of the comic strip "Prince Valiant", an Arthurian legend for King Features Syndicate, John Murphy was born in New York City and grew up in Chicago and New Rochelle, New York. In 1970, he took over the "Prince Valiant" saga from its creator, Hal Foster, and continued the... Read full biography
Illustrator for 34 years of the comic strip "Prince Valiant", an Arthurian legend for King Features Syndicate, John Murphy was born in New York City and grew up in Chicago and New Rochelle, New York. In 1970, he took over the "Prince Valiant" saga from its creator, Hal Foster, and continued the series until several months before his death in Greenwich, Connecticut at age 85. For the Murphy family, the comic strip was a family enterprise. Cullen Murphy, the illustrator's son and also managing... Read full biography
Illustrator for 34 years of the comic strip "Prince Valiant", an Arthurian legend for King Features Syndicate, John Murphy was born in New York City and grew up in Chicago and New Rochelle, New York. In 1970, he took over the "Prince Valiant" saga from its creator, Hal Foster, and continued the series until several months before his death in Greenwich, Connecticut at age 85. For the Murphy family, the comic strip was a family enterprise. Cullen Murphy, the illustrator's son and also managing editor of "Atlantic Monthly", did the story line and a daughter, Meg, did the lettering. Murphy became aware of illustration art at a young age through his neighbor, Norman Rockwell, who used Murphy, age 9, for a "Saturday Evening Post" cover of a kid... Read full biography
Illustrator for 34 years of the comic strip "Prince Valiant", an Arthurian legend for King Features Syndicate, John Murphy was born in New York City and grew up in Chicago and New Rochelle, New York. In 1970, he took over the "Prince Valiant" saga from its creator, Hal Foster, and continued the series until several months before his death in Greenwich, Connecticut at age 85. For the Murphy family, the comic strip was a family enterprise. Cullen Murphy, the illustrator's son and also managing editor of "Atlantic Monthly", did the story line and a daughter, Meg, did the lettering. Murphy became aware of illustration art at a young age through his neighbor, Norman Rockwell, who used Murphy, age 9, for a "Saturday Evening Post" cover of a kid playing baseball. It was such a thrill for Murphy, and he credited that experience as setting his own course as an illustrator. Rockwell... Read full biography
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Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
Art Subject
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Japan
Art Teacher
- •George Bridgman
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •COLLIER'S Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer