Denys Wortman
Denys Wortman (May 2, 1887 – September 20, 1958) was a painter, cartoonist and comic strip creator. From 1924 to 1954 he drew the comic strip Metropolitan Movies (originated by Gene Carr in 1921), which ran in the New York World and was syndicated nationwide by the World Feature Service and later United Feature Syndicate. His work was the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York in 2011.
Also recorded as Denys, Jr. Wortman · Denys Wortman Jr.
Denys Wortman
- Born
- 2 May 1887
- Died
- 20 September 1958
- Nationality
- American
- Occupation
- painter
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Denys Wortman (1887 – 1958) is described as a cartoonist and illustrator in the authority records of the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
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Denys Wortman was born in 1887 in Saugerties and died in 1958 in New York.
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• Born — 2 May 1887 • Died — 20 September 1958 • Area — Painter, Cartoonist • Notable Works — Metropolitan Movies • Nationality — American
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- 1.Oxford University Press. Wortman, Denys. American National Biography. 2000.
- 2.Sturm, James. "Original Drawings by Denys Wortman," Center for Cartoon Studies website (March 2008).
- 3.Kino, Carol. Denys Wortman Recalled at Museum of the City of New York. The New York Times. November 17, 2010.
- 4.Booker, M. Keith. "United Feature Syndicate," in Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas (ABC-CLIO, 2014), p. 399.
- 5.Sunita Reddy. Spare Times for Dec. 31-Jan. 6. The New York Times. December 30, 2010.
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