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1900 New York, New York - 1975 New York, New York. Known for: Illustrator-cartoon.
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle,... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle, jovially playful, and very democratic. An uncomplicated man, the king, take away the royal robe and crown, could have passed for the fellow down the street. Without being abrasive, or even seemingly... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle, jovially playful, and very democratic. An uncomplicated man, the king, take away the royal robe and crown, could have passed for the fellow down the street. Without being abrasive, or even seemingly conscious of it, Soglows king tweaked the noses of pompous uppity-ups around him, doing the simplest, most unexpected, and most nonsensical things, rather than the most ceremonial. In one story, the king gets up from his luxurious bed, traverses the... Read full biography
Cartoonist Otto Soglows is best known for his king, in his strip The Little King. The Little King was Soglows major work along with a number of New Yorker and other magazine gag cartoons. His king was the antithesis of the stereotype of real-life monarchs in that he was extremely kind and gentle, jovially playful, and very democratic. An uncomplicated man, the king, take away the royal robe and crown, could have passed for the fellow down the street. Without being abrasive, or even seemingly conscious of it, Soglows king tweaked the noses of pompous uppity-ups around him, doing the simplest, most unexpected, and most nonsensical things, rather than the most ceremonial. In one story, the king gets up from his luxurious bed, traverses the length of his magnificent palace, has the drawbridge opened, and takes in the morning quart of milk. On another occasion, when he learns on his wa... Read full biography
Otto Soglow - Artist Info
About Otto Soglow: Keywords
Keywords (26)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Caricatures
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
Art Association
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Illustrators-
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Reuben Award, National Cartoon Society
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •THE NEW YORKER Magazine Illustration, Cartoon or Photography
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art