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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. Early years. Art Young was born January 14, 1866, near Orangeville, in Stephenson County, Illinois.
Arthur H. Young was born August 17, 1883 in Kelseyville, California, the fourth of five children. His father, William Gaylord Young, was a school teacher, businessman and Union Army veteran who had moved west in 1881 and settled in Kelseyville. Young was attending a San Francisco High School when the death of his father required his return home ...
Apr 16, 2024 · 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. In 1884 Young moved to Chicago, where he studied art and supported himself by drawing newspaper cartoons.
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Aug 2, 2017 · Art Young: A Cartoonist for the Ages. By Françoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman. August 2, 2017. "Capitalism,” Life, February 23, 1911. Political cartoons usually have the shelf life of yogurt, yet...
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Through his style of visual simplicity and ironic comedy, Art Young (1866-1943) may well have been America's most eloquent spokesperson for the cause of Socialism. At the peak of his popularity, Art Young stood as a central figure in the most important magazines of art and politics of his time, including The Masses , The Liberator and his own ...
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. Young was born into a successful family of shopkeepers in the small town of Monroe, Wisconsin in 1866.
Nov 26, 2018 · Learn about the life and work of Art Young, one of the early masters of the medium and a social critic of capitalism. This book from Fantagraphics showcases his political cartoons, illustrations, and treescapes in a coffee-table format.
