Group Exhibit In Connecticut Includes Work By Arthur Getz
The Rose Algrant Show in West Cornwall Connecticut will include work by the late exceptionally great New Yorker artist Arthur Getz. Mr. Getz holds the title of most prolific cover artist in the magazine’s history (213 in his 50 years of contributing).
The Spill contacted Mr. Getz’s daughter for information on what we can expect to see of her father’s work at the exhibit:
“…there are a few New Yorker related pieces but no original cover art paintings per se. There are two “killed“ covers, bought but never published, plus five cover versions…”
Arthur Getz’s A-Z Entry:
Arthur Getz Born, Passaic, New Jersey, 1913; died, 1996. NYer work: 1938 -1988. Primarily a cover artist, he had one cartoon published: March 15, 1958. (You might say his career was a mirror image of George Price’s, who was one of the most prolific cartoonists, with over 1200 published, and one cover). According to the official Getz website, he was the most prolific of all New Yorker cover artists, having 213 appear during the fifty years he contributed to the magazine. The official Getz website, containing his biography: www.getzart.com/
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Liza Donnelly On Barbara Shermund
Long time New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly continues her series on women cartoonists of The New Yorker who are featured in her upcoming documentary, Women Laughing.
Read her piece, “The Cartoons of Barbara Shermund” here.
Left: Ms. Donnelly alongside a Shermund self portrait
Below: Barbara Shermund’s A-Z Entry:
Barbara Shermund (self portrait shown here) Born, San Francisco. 1899. Studied at The California School of Fine Arts. Died, 1978, New Jersey. New Yorker work: June 13, 1925 thru September 16, 1944. 8 covers and 599 cartoons. Shermund’s post-New Yorker work was featured in Esquire. (for more on Shermund’s life and work, See Liza Donnelly’s book, “Funny Ladies” — a history of The New Yorker’s women cartoonists — and Caitlin McGurk’s Shermund biography, “Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins”)
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Chatfield Chats Of Interest…Liana Finck, Tom Toro
Jason Chatfield, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, has recently chatted with two of his New Yorker colleagues…
Liana Finck. who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2013. Visit her website here.
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Tom Toro, who began contributing in 2010. Visit his website here.