Shellhase And Kraus On Attempted Bloggery
A Spill fave, Attempted Bloggery discusses two original drawings by two New Yorker artists that rarely get the spotlight these days. Go here to see the Shellhase post
and here to see the Kraus post.
More: Shellhase and Kraus on the Spill‘s A-Z
George Shellhase ( Self portrait above. Source: Best Cartoons of the Year 1943) Born, Philadelphia, 1895; Lived for many years in Greenwich, Connecticut. Died, age 93, in a nursing home, Ocean Ridge, Florida, December 1988. New Yorker work: 1927 – 1940. His New York Times (Dec. 16, 1988) obit reads, in part: Shellhase “briefly attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and The Art Students League in New York. His affectionate and gently comic illustrations of American life appeared in publications like The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, The New Yorker and The New York Times.” More information
Robert Kraus Born June 21, 1925, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died, Kent, Connecticut, 2001. In 1966 he founded Windmill Books, which published children’s books by such New Yorker artists as Steig, Darrow, and Addams. New Yorker work: Sept. 6, 1947 – Jan. 25, 1969. More information.
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Reminder: In-Person Event Tomorrow: Campbell & Finck
Reminder: Tomorrow at The Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn: Hilary Campbell In Conversation with Liana Finck.
Hilary Campbell began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017. Visit her website here.
Liana Finck began contributing in 2013. Visit her website here.