Young, Art, 1866-1943

Art Young (1866-1943) was a leading socialist cartoonist and humorist whose work appeared in The Masses (1910-1917) and elsewhere. He was born in Monroe, Wisconsin, studied at the Academy of Design in Chicago, where he first illustrated news stories and saw his cartoons published in various newspapers. In 1895 Young moved to New York where his work was published in Life and where he became a socialist and, in 1910, one of the founding members of the artists and writers cooperative that produced The Masses, a socialist monthly. Young's work was among that cited by the U.S. government as being in violation of the World War I-inspired Espionage Act. Young's work also appeared in The Liberator (1918-1924), which he helped establish, his own radical humor magazine, Good Morning (1919-1921), the New Leader, the New Masses, The Nation, and elsewhere.

From the guide to the Art Young Papers, Bulk, 1924-1944, 1891-1955, (Bulk 1924-1944), (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)

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