Celebrity Caricature in America
Editorial Reviews The Atlantic Monthly, Phoebe-Lou Adams Early on in this survey of twentieth-century caricature there is an amusingly economical line drawing of a genial, jowly cardinal. It looks thoroughly modern. It was done before 1633. Kindly caricature was not invented in the United States, but it flourished here from, roughly, 1900 to the Second World War, with innovative artists employing avant-garde styles to portray not the character of the subject but the public perception of a well-known personage. There was much skill and wit involved in the game, and rarely even a hint of malice. Ms. Reaves's presentation of these clever drawings can raise a chuckle even when one has no recollection of the celebrated subject. Book Description This delightful book presents hundreds of entertaining caricatures of celebrities from popular American periodicals in the first half of the twentieth century. Employing a vivid new type of portraiture based on modern design and a preoccupation with personality- based fame, master caricaturists filled the pages of newspapers and magazines with renderings of Mae West, George Gershwin, the Marx Brothers, Babe Ruth, Mussolini, and other personalities of their times.
Celebrity Caricature in America,Wendy Wick Reaves,Yale University Press,0300074638,20th century,American wit and humor, Pictorial,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Caricatures and cartoons,Cartooning,Celebrities,Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General,Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum,Drawing - General,Exhibition Catalogs,Exhibitions,History,New York,New York (State),Popular Culture - General,Techniques - Cartooning,Techniques - Drawing,United States,Art / General
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