Gluyas Williams
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Gluyas Williams (July 23, 1888 – February 13, 1982) was an American cartoonist. He was born in San Francisco, California and graduated from Harvard in 1911. In college he was a member of the Harvard Lampoon[1].
His cartoons employed a clear black and white style and often dealt with prevailing themes of the day such as Prohibition. His work appeared in Life, Collier's, Century, and The New Yorker magazines.
Published collections of his work include The Gluyas Williams Book (1929), Fellow Citizens (1940) and The Gluyas Williams Gallery (1957). He also illustrated books by Robert Benchley and Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter.
[edit] External links
- "The World of Gluyas Williams" by Edward Sorel in American Heritage magazine
- Gluyas Williams Site maintained by David King
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The Harvard Lampoon Centennial Celebration 1987-1973 edited by Martin Kaplan, Little, Brown, and Company, 1973. ISBN 0-316-48279-6
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