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Arthur Henry Young (January 14, 1866 – December 29, 1943) was an American cartoonist and writer. He is best known for his socialist cartoons, especially those drawn for the left-wing political magazine The Masses between 1911 and 1917. Biography[edit] Early years[edit]
Art Young (born Jan. 14, 1866, near Orangeville, Ill., U.S.—died Dec. 29, 1943, New York, N.Y.) was a satiric American cartoonist and crusader whose cartoons expressed his human warmth as well as his indignation at injustice.
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Art Young’s cartoons specialized in challenging the ideological platitudes of his time, an era of monopolistic excess and imperialism, all represented on a level of abstraction and allegory that made his work instantly accessible, effortlessly humorous and deceptively didactic.
Aug 2, 2017 · Young, one of the core editors and artists of The Masses, a socialist bohemian publication, didn’t get lost in the trivia of daily news; he kept his eyes on the big drama of the ninety-nine...
art young's cartoon history (1866-1943) Born shortly after the end of the Civil War and dying in the midst of the Second World War, Art Young's life and art spans the Age of Monopoly, bringing fire and light to some of the most rebellious passages of US history.
Nov 26, 2018 · ART YOUNG WAS ONE OF THE MOST PICTURESQUE and highly regarded cartoonists of his generation, one of the early masters of the medium. Usually forgotten these days, he was, in his day, the subject of a certain amount of sensational news coverage.
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Feb 6, 2019 · Art Young is, early on, influenced by Daumier, too. The wavery lines in his “Defeat” tree are a Daumier signature, and an expressive horse silhouette might come from his Quixote paintings. Young writes about admiring the caricature art of Fred Barnard, who did a lot of Dickens illustration.
