Wortman, Denys, 1887-1958
Variant namesCartoonist, 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 | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |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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Birth 1887-05-01
Death 1958-09-20
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