Wortman, Denys, 1887-1958

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Cartoonist, New York, New York.

Born in Saugerties, New York, Wortman studied engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and at Rutgers College. From 1906-1909, he studied at the Chase School of Art in New York City with Kenneth Hayes Miller and classmates George Bellows, Edward Hopper, and Rockwell Kent. Beginning as a landscape painter from the "Gloucester School," Wortman's career changed when his drawings of life as a sailor in World War I were published in the New York Tribune. From 1924-1954, his daily cartoons "Metropolitan Movies" and "Mopey Dick and the Duke" mirrored New York life in the New York World-Tribune.

From the description of Denys Wortman papers, 1887-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133030

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referencedIn Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Denys Wortman 1887-1958 biographical file. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Gifford Beal sketches, sketchbooks, and papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Denys Wortman papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Wortman, Denys, 1887-1958. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Wortman, Denys : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Guy Pène Du Bois papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Gifford Beal sketches, sketchbooks, and papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Cartoons collection, 1928-1975. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn John Phillips Marquand correspondence Houghton Library
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associatedWith Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987. person
associatedWith Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956. person
associatedWith Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975. person
associatedWith Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988. person
associatedWith Cagney, James, 1899-1986. person
associatedWith Craven, Thomas, b. 1889. person
associatedWith Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977. person
associatedWith Davies, Marion, 1897-1961. person
associatedWith Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964. person
associatedWith Du Bois, Guy Pène, 1884-1958. person
associatedWith Hamilton, Juliet P. person
associatedWith Hamilton, Pier. person
associatedWith Harlow, Jean, 1911-1937. person
associatedWith Hoover, Ellison, 1888-1955. person
associatedWith Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967. person
associatedWith Hopper, Jo N. (Josephine Nivison), 1883-1968. person
associatedWith Johnstone, Will B. person
correspondedWith Marquand, John P. (John Phillips), 1893-1960 person
associatedWith Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952. person
associatedWith Murray, Feg. person
correspondedWith New Yorker Magazine, Inc corporateBody
associatedWith New York Stock Exchange. corporateBody
associatedWith Pène du Bois, Guy, 1884-1958. person
associatedWith Players (Club) corporateBody
associatedWith Satterlee, Herbert Livingston, 1863-1947. person
associatedWith Sloan, John, 1871-1951. person
associatedWith Society of Illustrators (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Soglow, Otto, 1900-1975. person
associatedWith Strong, Austin, 1881-1952. person
associatedWith Sullivan, Frank, 1892-1976. person
associatedWith Sulzer, William, 1863-1941. person
associatedWith Weber, Max, 1881-1961. person
associatedWith Williams, Gluyas, 1888- person
associatedWith Wortman, Aimée Kempe. person
associatedWith Young, Mahonri Mackintosh, 1877-1957. person
associatedWith Zorach, William, 1887-1966. person
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New York (State)--New York
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Cartooning
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Birth 1887-05-01

Death 1958-09-20

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