Richard Decker
Richard Decker (May 6, 1907 – November 1, 1988) a cartoonist and illustrator, studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art and became famous for his cartoons published in The New Yorker.
Richard Decker
- Born
- Richard Decker was born on 6 May 1907.
- Died
- Richard Decker died on 1 November 1988.
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- United States
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- cartoonist · illustrator
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Decker worked almost 40 years as a contract cartoonist for the New Yorker. He started out in 1929 with the magazine and then eventually worked his way up to becoming well known on the New Yorkers pages for cartoons. Decker's humor covers a broad spectrum from changing times to even his large family. Decker's work in ink and watercolor had been featured in several area exhibitions. He did illustrations for "Look" and the "Saturday Evening Post" and did a number of advertisements for the "Philadelphia Evening Bulletin".
Recognition
Recognition
Ben Yagoda has called Decker, along with Robert J. Day, "underrecognized New Yorker masters."
Death
Death
Decker died in November 1988 at Cathcart Health Care Center in Devon, Pennsylvania. He was a resident of Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
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1907
Richard Decker was born on 6 May 1907.
1988
Richard Decker died on 1 November 1988.
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- 1.The World encyclopedia of cartoons By Maurice Horn, Richard Marschall, 1980 Page 191
- 2.Richard Decker's Work from The New Yorker
- 3.St. George, Donna. Richard Fulmer Decker, 81, Artist; Drew Famous Bulletin Ad Cartoons. The Inquirer.
- 4.The art of the New Yorker, 1925-1995 By Lee Lorenz
- 5.Cartooning By Roy Paul Nelson, 1975 Page:38 and The design of advertising By Roy Paul Nelson, 1977 Page:58
- 6.Yagoda, Ben. Laughter in the Dark. The New York Times. 2006-12-03.
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- Yagoda, Ben. About town: The New Yorker and the world it made. Scribner. 117, 120, 124. 2000. 0-684-81605-9.
- The American treasury, 1455-1955 By Clifton Fadiman, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Pages:vii, 244, 1076
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