Frank Modell
Frank Modell | |
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Born | Franklyn Bruce Modell September 6, 1917 Philadelphia, US |
Died | May 27, 2016 (aged 98) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art |
Occupation | cartoonist |
Known for | contributed over 1,400 cartoons to The New Yorker |
Franklyn Bruce "Frank" Modell (September 6, 1917 – May 27, 2016) was an American cartoonist who contributed over 1,400 cartoons to The New Yorker during a period of over 50 years from 1946.[1]
Franklyn Bruce Modell was born on September 6, 1917 in Philadelphia.[1]
He was a graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, after which he served in the US Army in World War II in a signal radio intelligence company as a sergeant.[1]
Modell died on May 27, 2016 at his home in Guilford, Connecticut.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Frank Modell, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 98". The New York Times. May 30, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 2016 deaths
- American cartoonists
- American magazine illustrators
- Artists from Philadelphia
- The New Yorker cartoonists
- People from Guilford, Connecticut
- University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni