Oscar Cesare Explained

Oscar Cesare
Birth Date:7 October 1883
Signature:Oscar Cesare Signature.svg

Oscar Edward Cesare (October 7, 1883  - July 25, 1948) was a Swedish-born American caricaturist, painter, draftsman and editorial cartoonist.[1]

Biography

Cesare was born on 7 October 1883 in Linköping, Sweden. At eighteen he moved to Paris to study art, then traveled to Buffalo, New York, to continue his studies.[2] In 1903 he moved to Chicago, and by 1911 he was living in Manhattan, New York.

One of his first jobs was illustrating The King of Gee-Whiz by Emerson Hough in 1906.[3] By 1913, his success as an illustrator allowed him to exhibit at the legendary 1913 Armory Show. Cesare worked at several publications throughout his career, including the Chicago Tribune, New York World, New York Sun, New York Evening Post, Our World, The Century Magazine, Bookman, Outlook, Nation's Business, Literary Digest, Fortune, and The New Yorker.[1] In 1920, he became a regular contributor to the Sunday magazine of the New York Times and continued until a few years before his death in 1948.

In October 1922 Cesare had the very rare privilege of gaining admittance to the Kremlin to paint sketches of the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin.[4] He was also able to make sketches of Leon Trotsky on the same trip.[5]

He died on July 25, 1948, in Stamford, Connecticut.[6]

Style

Cesare was active in opposing World War I. He adopted the grease crayon technique that had been adopted by other radical cartoonists such as Boardman Robinson, Robert Minor, K. R. Chamberlain, and Rollin Kirby.

Personal life

On July 15, 1916, Cesare married Margaret Porter, the daughter of the American writer O. Henry.[7] They divorced four years later.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Crump, Robert L. . Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900-1945 . 2010-02-15 . 2009. Minnesota Historical Society Press . 978-0-87351-635-8 . 74.
  2. Web site: A Guide to the Drawings by Oscar Edward Cesare 1912-1943 . Alderman Memorial Library, University of Virginia . 2010-02-15 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930155635/http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/viu02892.document . 2011-09-30 .
  3. Book: Hough, Emerson. The King of Gee-Whiz. 1906. Bobbs-Merrill.
  4. News: Artist Finds Lenin At Work And Fit . Walter Duranty . . New York, NY . 1922-10-13 . 1 . 2010-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604160314/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C06E5DB1139E133A25756C1A9669D946395D6CF . 2011-06-04 . live .
  5. Web site: Oscar Cesare Russian Collection, Harvard College Library . Houghton Library . https://web.archive.org/web/20100715085055/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou00816 . 2010-07-15 . 2010-02-15 . live .
  6. News: Oscar Cesare, Artist, Dies in Stamford . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120122/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/875334952.html?dids=875334952:875334952&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+25,+1948&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Oscar+Cesare,+Artist,+Dies+In+Stamford&pqatl=google . dead . June 4, 2011 . . Hartford, Conn. . 1948-07-25 . B7 . 2010-02-15 .
  7. News: O.E. Cesare and Miss Porter Wed . The New York Times . New York, NY . 1916-07-19 . 9 . 2010-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604160517/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B02E7DD1E3FE233A2575AC1A9619C946796D6CF . 2011-06-04 . live .
  8. Web site: William Sydney Porter (O. Henry). 2010-02-15.

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