List of caricaturists
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A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricature
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Caricature
A caricature is a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.Caricatures can be...
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List of caricaturists
- Abed AbdiAbed AbdiAbed Abdi is an Arab Israeli painter, graphic designer, sculpturer and lecturer of the arts.Abdi worked as a blacksmith and illustrated Arabic publications that appeared in Israel. After studying in Dresden, Abdi became the first Palestinian to build monumental art on native soil...
(1942) - Amnon David ArAmnon David ArAmnon David Ar born in 1973 in Herzliyah, Israel, is a painter. He studied at the Arts and Crafts Municipal High School of Tel Aviv until the age of eighteen. After completing his compulsory military service, he studied anatomy with Oswald Adler...
(b. 1973) - Oguz AralOguz AralOğuz Aral was a Turkish political cartoonist.-Biography:Born in Silivri, Istanbul Province, he founded the cartoon magazine Gırgır with his brother Tekin Aral, and created such characters as "Avanak Avni" , "Köstebek Hüsnü" , "Utanmaz Adam" and "Vites Mahmut"...
(1936–2004) - William Auerbach-LevyWilliam Auerbach-LevyWilliam Auerbach-Levy was a Russian-American artist known for his paintings, etchings and caricatures.Auerbach-Levy was Jewish, and was born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia, and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1894. He studied in New York City and Paris, and subsequently taught at the...
(1889–1964) - William AustinWilliam Austin (caricaturist)William Austin was an English artist, drawing-master, engraver and caricaturist. A rival of Matthew Darly, he used a distinctive grainy, woodblock-like style.-Life and work:Austin, was born in London in 1721...
(1721–1820) - Henry Bateman (1887–1970)
- Max BeerbohmMax BeerbohmSir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist best known today for his 1911 novel Zuleika Dobson.-Early life:...
(1872–1956) - Steve BellSteve Bell (cartoonist)Steve Bell is an English political cartoonist, whose work appears in The Guardian and other publications. He is known for his left-wing views and distinctive caricatures.-Early life:...
(b. 1951) - Oscar BergerOscar BergerOscar Berger may refer to:*Óscar Berger , President of Guatemala*Oscar Berger , caricaturist and cartoonist born in Czechoslovakia*Oscar Berger-Levrault, French inventor...
(1901–1997) - Sam BermanSam BermanSam Berman was a leading caricaturist of the 1940s and 1950s.Berman was in high school when he began drawing cartoons for the Hartford Courant. He went to New York to study art and then landed a position as a staff cartoonist for the Newark Star Eagle...
(b. 1906) - Donald BevanDonald BevanDonald Bevan was an American playwright whose works include the Broadway play Stalag 17, co-written with Edmund Trzcinski, and adapted as a movie in 1953. He was also a caricaturist for Sardi's restaurant in New York City.-External links:...
(b. 1920) - George Bickham the YoungerGeorge Bickham the YoungerGeorge Bickham the Younger was an English etcher and engraver, a printseller, and one of the first English caricaturists.He produced didactic publications, political caricatures, and pornographical prints. He was the son of the engraver George Bickham the Elder , who published the Universal...
(c. 1706–1771) - Luigi BorgomainerioLuigi BorgomainerioLuigi Borgomainerio was an Italian engraver and caricaturist, who was active in the late 19th century.Born at Como in 1836, Borgomainerio was one of the cleverest caricaturists in the Spirito Folletto, and the founder of the Mefistofele...
(1836–1876) - Steve BrodnerSteve BrodnerSteve Brodner is an American satirical illustrator and caricaturist working for publications for a quarter century...
(b. 1954) - Henry Bunbury (1750–1811)
- Philip BurkePhilip BurkePhilip Burke may be best known for his vivid caricatures that adorned the pages of Rolling Stone magazine for almost a decade...
- Jaume Capdevila (Kap)Kap-capdevilaKap Berga, Kap (Jaume Capdevila) Berga, Kap (Jaume Capdevila) Berga, (Barcelona, (Spain) 1974, cartoonist and caricaturist. Editorial cartoonist in some journals of Barcelona: La Vanguardia and El Mundo Deportivo among others. Also in the websites , and...
(b. 1974) - Kate CarewKate CarewMary Williams , who wrote pseudonymously as Kate Carew, was a caricaturist self-styled as "The Only Woman Caricaturist". She worked at the New York World from 1890 to 1901, providing illustrated celebrity interviews....
(1869–1961) - Émile CohlÉmile CohlÉmile Cohl , born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet, was a French caricaturist of the largely forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon" and "The Oldest Parisian".-Biography:Émile's father Elie was a rubber salesman, and his mother, Emilie...
(1857–1938) - Emilio CoiaEmilio CoiaEmilio Coia was a Scottish artist who made his name in the early 1930s as a widely published caricaturist.-Biography:Coia was born on 13 April 1911 in Glasgow...
(1911–1997) - George CruikshankGeorge CruikshankGeorge Cruikshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience.-Early life:Cruikshank was born in London...
(1792–1880) - Isaac CruikshankIsaac CruikshankIsaac Cruikshank , Scottish painter and caricaturist, was born in Edinburgh. His sons Isaac Robert Cruikshank and George Cruikshank also became artists, and the latter in particular achieved fame as an illustrator and caricaturist. Cruikshank is known for his social and political satire.His...
(1786–1856) - Jean-Pierre DantanJean-Pierre DantanJean-Pierre Dantan Paris 1800 - Baden-Baden 1869 was a French portrait sculptor. His subjects include include many famous figures from the realms of politics , music and the arts , and literature...
(1800–1869) - Honoré DaumierHonoré DaumierHonoré Daumier was a French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor, whose many works offer commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th century....
(1808–1879) - Jack DavisJack Davis (cartoonist)Jack Davis is an American cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories...
(b. 1924) - Melchiorre DelficoMelchiorre Delfico (caricaturist)Baron Melchiorre De Filippis Delfico was an artist, composer, singer, conductor, writer, librettist and a master of the Neapolitan art of caricature who inspired, among others, Carlo Pellegrini.Melchiorre Delfico, the 'Prince of Caricaturists', is best remembered today for his caricatures of...
(1825–1895) - John DoyleJohn Doyle (artist)John Doyle , known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer....
(1797–1868) - Mort Drucker (b. 1929)
- Dan DunnDan Dunn (cartoonist)Dan Dunn is an improvisational speed painter and the creator of Paintjam, a theatrical performance art show in which paintings are created in minutes on stage...
(b. 1957) - Ken FallinKen FallinKen Fallin is an American illustrator and caricaturist. His first big break was in 1983 doing the posters and advertising for the popular satirical revue Forbidden Broadway...
(b. 1948) - Drew Friedman
- Alex GardAlex GardAlex Gard , born Alexey Kremkoff in Kazan, Russia, was a cartoonist. He contributed weekly drawings to the drama section of The New York Herald Tribune, and was hired to create caricatures of Broadway and other celebrities at Sardi's Restaurant in New York City.Restaurant owner, Vincent Sardi, and...
(1900–1948) - Andre GillAndré GillAndré Gill was a French caricaturist. Born Louis-Alexandre Gosset de Guînes at Paris, the son of the Comte de Guînes and Sylvie-Adeline Gosset, he studied at this city's Academy of Fine Arts. He adopted the pseudonym André Gill in homage to his hero, James Gillray. Gill began illustrating for...
(1840—1885) - James GillrayJames GillrayJames Gillray , was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810.- Early life :He was born in Chelsea...
(1756–1815) - Georges GoursatGeorges GoursatGeorges Goursat , known as Sem, was a French caricaturist famous during the Belle Époque.-Youth :Georges Goursat was born and raised in an upper middle-class family of Périgueux...
(1863-1934) - J.J. GrandvilleJean Ignace Isidore GérardJean Ignace Isidore Gérard , generally known by the pseudonym of J. J. Grandville, was a French caricaturist.-Life and work:...
(1803–1847) - Alfred GrévinAlfred GrévinAlfred Grévin was a 19th century caricaturist, best known during his lifetime for his caricature silhouettes of contemporary Parisian women...
(1827–1892) - Robert GrossmanRobert GrossmanRobert Grossman is an American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and author.In a career spanning nearly fifty years, Grossman's illustrations have appeared over 500 times on the covers of various national publications...
(b. 1940) - Reda HafezReda HafezArtist Reda Hafez is an Egyptian cartoonist , draws a Caricature for a number of Egyptian newspapers and Arab newspapers and foreign websites.- The message :...
(b. 1984) - Al HirschfeldAl HirschfeldAlbert "Al" Hirschfeld was an American caricaturist best known for his simple black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.-Personal life:Born in St...
(1903–2003) - William HogarthWilliam HogarthWilliam Hogarth was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects"...
(1697–1764) - Raoul HunterRaoul HunterRaoul Hunter is a sculptor and caricaturist.- Biography :Hunter studied at the School of fine arts of Quebec city and at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris....
(b. 1926) - Kerry G. JohnsonKerry G. JohnsonKerry G. Johnson is an African-American graphic designer, caricaturist and humorous illustrator.He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on September 30, 1966...
(b. 1966) - Marshall Jay KaplanMarshall Jay KaplanMarshall Jay Kaplan , is a Gemini Award nominated television producer and syndicated cartoonist, and television host. He is best known for his international board game, Who Zat, his syndicated column, Where Are They Now? and his show on TVTropolis, Totally Tracked Down.- Early life, family and...
(b. 1965) - John KayJohn Kay (caricaturist)John Kay was a Scottish caricaturist and engraver.He was born near Dalkeith, where his father was a mason. At thirteen he was apprenticed to a barber, whom he served for six years. He then went to Edinburgh, where in 1771 he obtained the freedom of the city by joining the corporation of...
(1742–1826) - Raed KhalilRaed KhalilRaed Khalil is a Syrian cartoonist. He started publishing his drawings in 1988 and since then, he has participated of many national and international competitions and has won many awards....
(b. 1973) - Cem KiziltugCem KızıltuğCem KIZILTUG was Cem KIZILTUG was Cem KIZILTUG was (born in 1974, Istanbul.Cartoonist, illustrator.Kiziltug graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts in 1997.He is still working as an illustrator for national newspaper Zaman, where he started right after his graduation....
(b. 1974) - Sebastian KrügerSebastian KrugerSebastian Krüger is a German artist. Sebastian Krüger was born in Hamelin in 1963. After studying free painting...
(b. 1963) - John Leech (1817–1864)
- Pier Leone GhezziPier Leone GhezziPier Leone Ghezzi was an Italian Rococo painter and caricaturist active in Rome.Ghezzi was born in Rome. His father, Giuseppe Ghezzi, , also trained Antonio Amorosi, and was a secretary to the Roman Accademia di San Luca...
(1674–1755) - David LevineDavid LevineDavid Levine was an American artist and illustrator best known for his caricatures in The New York Review of Books. Jules Feiffer has called him "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of the 20th Century".-Early life and education:Levine was born in Brooklyn, where his father Harry ran a...
(1926–2009) - Sir David Low (1891–1963)
- Ranan LurieRanan LurieRanan R. Lurie is an American Israeli editorial cartoonist and journalist. He is a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a member of the United Nation Correspondents Association, and the editor of Cartoon News magazine.Lurie became a naturalized citizen of the...
(b. 1932) - Lluís BagariaBagariaLluis Bagaria i Bou one of most important Spanish caricaturists in the first half of the 20th century. His drawings, in a synthetic and decorative style, were published in the most important journals of Spain since 1906 to 1940.Born in Barcelona, but it was in Madrid where he achieved a great...
(1882–1940) - Malky McCormickMalky McCormickMalky McCormick is a cartoonist and caricaturist.- Biography :After leaving the commercial art world in 1965, he illustrated comics and magazines for D.C. Thomson in Dundee then became a graphic artist and designer with Scottish Television for 3 years...
(b. 1943) - Jim McDermottJim McDermott (illustrator)Jim McDermott is a New Hampshire-based artist who has illustrated for animation, magazines and comic books....
(b. 1960) - Shawn McManusShawn McManusShawn McManus is an American artist who has worked extensively over three decades for DC Comics and other companies, notably for DC's Vertigo imprint, including the current Fables.-Swamp Thing:...
(b. 1958) - Kenny MeadowsKenny MeadowsJoseph Kenny Meadows, better known as Kenny Meadows, was a British caricaturist and illustrator. He is best known for the drawings that he contributed to Punch and for his illustrations of scenes from Shakespeare's plays. Much of his work was drawn in a humorous bohemian style...
(1790–1874) - Karl MeersmanKarl MeersmanKarl Meersman is a Belgian editorial cartoonist, living in Sint-Niklaas. He is known for his weekly caricatures in the popular magazines Trends and Knack. Since 2004, Meersman lives with former VRT journalist Lies Martens....
(b. 1961) - Hermann MejiaHermann MejiaHermann Mejía is a Venezuelan-born illustrator, painter and sculptor living in New York City. His caricature-driven work frequently appears in MAD Magazine.-Early life and education:...
(b. 1973) - Thomas NastThomas NastThomas Nast was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist who is considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was the scourge of Boss Tweed and the Tammany Hall machine...
(1840–1902) - Richard NewtonRichard Newton (caricaturist)Richard Newton was an English caricaturist.This short-lived but brilliant 18th-century caricaturist published his first caricature at thirteen. His work included definitive caricatures expressing the English prejudice of the Scots as lean and hungry opportunists. He worked for radical publisher...
(1777–1798) - Amédée de NoéAmédée de NoéCharles Amédée de Noé, known as Cham was a French caricaturist and lithographer. Raised by a family who wished him to attend a polytechnic school, he instead attended painting workshops by Nicolas Charlet and Paul Delaroche and began work as a cartoonist, taking on the pseudonym "Cham"...
(1818–1879) (also known as "Cham") - Sam NorkinSam NorkinSam Norkin was a Brooklyn, New York-born cartoonist who specialized in theater caricatures for more than seven decades...
(b. 1917) - Carlo PellegriniCarlo PellegriniCarlo Pellegrini "Ape", was an Italian caricaturist, born in Capua of aristocratic stock. His father came from an ancient land-owning family, while his mother was descended from the Medici. From 1869 to 1889 he was a caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine, a leading journal of London Society...
(1839–1889) - Vitaliy PeskovVitaliy PeskovVitaly Viktorovich Peskov was a Russian cartoonist who also worked as an illustrator and an animation director.In all, Peskov authored about 15,000 cartoons. His first cartoon was published in Smena in 1967, after which he was invited to the Literaturnaya Gazeta. In the following years, he worked...
(1944–2002, Russian Виталий Песков) - Bill PlymptonBill PlymptonWilliam "Bill" Calvin Plympton is an American animator, former cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog.- Biography :Bill Plympton was born in...
(b. 1946) - Robert RiskoRobert RiskoRobert Risko is an American caricature artist known for his retro airbrush style. He began his career by following in the footsteps of his mentor Andy Warhol and moved to New York City from Pittsburgh. He started drawing iconic celebrity portraits in his inimitable graphic style for Warhol's...
(b. 1956) - György RózsahegyiGyörgy Rózsahegyi-His Life:György Rózsahegyi was born in Budapest, Hungary on 21 November 1940. His father, Jenő Rózsahegyi was a world-wide known, professional boxing champion, who was running a reputable sport school in Budapest before WW2 and who's hobby was painting....
(1940–2010) - Thomas RowlandsonThomas RowlandsonThomas Rowlandson was an English artist and caricaturist.- Biography :Rowlandson was born in Old Jewry, in the City of London. He was the son of a tradesman or city merchant. On leaving school he became a student at the Royal Academy...
(1856–1827) - Alexander SaroukhanAlexander SaroukhanAlexander Saroukhan was an Egyptian-Armenian cartoonist / caricaturist whose drawings have appeared in a number of Arabic and international newspapers and magazines. He is considered one of the best and most famous caricaturists in the Arab world....
(1898–1977) - James SayersJames SayersJames Sayers was an English caricaturist.He was born at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the son of a merchant captain. He began as clerk in an attorney's office, and was for a time a member of the borough council. In 1780 his father's death provided him with a small fortune, and he went to London...
(1748–1825) - Gerald ScarfeGerald ScarfeGerald Anthony Scarfe, CBE, RDI, is an English cartoonist and illustrator. He worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker...
(b. 1936) - Ronald SearleRonald SearleRonald William Fordham Searle, CBE, RDI, is a British artist and cartoonist, best known as the creator of St Trinian's School. He is also the co-author of the Molesworth series....
(b. 1920) - Bob StaakeBob StaakeBob Staake is an American illustrator, cartoonist, children's book author and designer. He lives and works in Chatham, Massachusetts on the elbow of Cape Cod....
(b. 1957) - Bruce StarkBruce StarkBruce Stark is an award-winning artist noted for his caricatures of entertainment and sports figures.Born in 1933 in New York, he moved with his family at age three to New Jersey...
(b. 1933) - Ralph SteadmanRalph SteadmanRalph Steadman is a British cartoonist and caricaturist who is perhaps best known for his work with American author Hunter S. Thompson.-Personal life:Steadman was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and brought up in Towyn, North Wales...
(b. 1936) - Edmund S. ValtmanEdmund S. ValtmanEdmund S. Valtman was an Estonian-American editorial cartoonist and winner of the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning....
(1914–2005) - Sam VivianoSam VivianoSam Viviano is an American caricature artist and art director. Viviano’s caricatures are known for their wide jaws, which Viviano has explained is a result of his incorporation of side views as well as front views into his distortions of the human face. He has also developed a reputation for his...
(b. 1953) - George WachsteterGeorge WachsteterGeorge Wachsteter was an American illustrator and caricaturist. He drew extensively from 1937 to 1967 for the New York Times, the New York Herald, the New York Journal American, the New York World-Telegram, and for the NBC, ABC, and CBS radio and television networks. A gradual loss of his vision...
(1911–2004) - Kerry WaghornKerry WaghornKerry Waghorn is a syndicated caricaturist whose Faces in the News feature, established in 1977 by Chronicle Features is a journalistic legend. He estimates that more than 9,000 of his images have been published since the early 1970s, including just about every prominent news, business and...
(b. 1947) - Henry WigsteadHenry WigsteadHenry Wigstead was an English Magistrate amateur painter & caricaturist.He was a close personal friend of Thomas Rowlandson, whom he accompanied on sketching trips to the Isle of Wight , Brighton and Wales which resulted in subsequent publications for which Rowlandson provided the...
(d. 1800) - Charles WilliamsCharles Williams (caricaturist)Charles Williams was a British caricaturist, etcher and illustrator. He was chief caricaturist between 1799 & 1815 for the leading British publisher S.W. Fores. He worked in a style similar to James Gillray...
(1798–1830) - George Moutard WoodwardGeorge Moutard WoodwardGeorge Moutard Woodward was an English amateur caricaturist and humor writer. He was a friend and drinking companion of Thomas Rowlandson.-Biography:Woodward was born in Stanton Hall in Derbyshire, England the son of William Woodward in 1760....
(c. 1760–1809) - Boris Yefimov (1899–2008))
- Prakash ShettyPrakash ShettyPrakash Shetty is an Indian cartoonist. He was born in Mangalore, Karnataka. He began cartooning in 1975 at the age of 15. He worked as a staff cartoonist for Kannada Publications. Kitoo, a comic serial with a boy as the main character, has been published in several different magazines for 15 years...
(b. 1960)