An Arno Auctioned
Attempted Bloggery tells us about a recently auctioned Peter Arno original. Shown here is just a fragment of the drawing (I just love Arno’s signature). To see the entire piece and read the AB post, go here: “Peter Arno: The Ethical hunter.”
Peter Arno’s A-Z Spill entry:
Peter Arno (Pictured above. Source: Look, 1938) Born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr., January 8, 1904, New York City. Died February 22, 1968, Port Chester, NY. New Yorker work: 1925 -1968. Key collection: Ladies & Gentlemen (Simon & Schuster, 1951) The Foreword is by Arno. For far more on Arno please check out my biography of him, Peter Arno: The Mad Mad World of The New Yorker’s Greatest Cartoonist (Regan Arts, 2016).
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Donnelly’s Norman Rockwell “Drawing Life” Reminder
From the good folks at The Norman Rockwell Museum,
Drawing Life with Liza Donnelly
Air Date: January 19, 2023
An online and on-demand program of sketching and conversation about creative expression, the power of persuasion, and illustration – the people’s art.