Williams, Gluyas, 1888-1982
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Gluyas Williams (1888-1982) was an American cartoonist. Born in San Francisco, California, he received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1911 and, in 1915, married Margaret Kempton.
Mr. William's drawings include book illustrations, magazine cartoons and daily newspaper cartoons. He has illustrated many of Robert Benchley's books, William Freeman's Hear! Hear!, Corey Ford's How to Guess Your Age and Edward Streeter's Father of the Bride . He has also done many drawings for magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Life, and the New Yorker, contributing to the latter his famous "Wedding Series". From 1922 to 1947, Williams drew daily newspaper cartoons that were published through the Bell Syndicate in various newspapers in the United States, England, Australia and other nations.
Williams is also the author of several books, including The Gluyas Williams Book, (1929); Fellow Citizens, (1940); and the Gluyas Williams Gallery, (1957).
From the guide to the Gluyas Williams Papers, 1918-1950, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
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Subjects:
- American wit and humor, Pictorial
- Art
- Art
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Cartoonists
- Human behavior
- Illustrators
Occupations:
- Artists
- Cartoonists
- Illustrator
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- United States (as recorded)
