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American painter and comics artist
Denys Wortman |
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Born | (1887-05-02)May 2, 1887 |
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Died | September 20, 1958(1958-09-20) (aged 71) |
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Nationality |
American |
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Area(s) | Painter, Cartoonist |
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Notable works | Metropolitan Movies |
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Denys Wortman (May 2, 1887 – September 20, 1958) was a
painter,
cartoonist and
comic strip creator.
[1] From 1924 to 1954 he drew the comic strip Metropolitan Movies (originated by
Gene Carr in 1921),
[2] which ran in the
New York World and was syndicated nationwide by the
World Feature Service
[3] and later
United Feature Syndicate.
[4]
His work was the subject of an exhibition at the
Museum of the City of New York in 2011.
[5]
References
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^ "Wortman, Denys". American National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2000.
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^ Sturm, James.
"Original Drawings by Denys Wortman,"
Archived November 17, 2018, at the
Wayback Machine Center for Cartoon Studies website (March 2008).
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^ Kino, Carol (November 17, 2010).
"Denys Wortman Recalled at Museum of the City of New York". The New York Times.
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^ Booker, M. Keith. "United Feature Syndicate," in Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas (
ABC-CLIO, 2014), p. 399.
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^ Sunita Reddy (December 30, 2010).
"Spare Times for Dec. 31-Jan. 6". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
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