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Bud Sagendorf

Bud Sagendorf (1915 - 1994) was active/lived in New York, Florida.  Bud Sagendorf is known for Comic book artist.

Following is the obituary of the artist from The Independent newspaper, United Kingdom
by Denis Gifford, October 13, 1994

BUD SAGENDORF'S first encounter with Popeye, the spinach- loving sailorman, was to paint his portrait on the back of suede leather jackets (for which he was paid 25 cents a time). He went on to draw not only Popeye, but Olive Oyl, his ungracious girlfriend, Caster Oyl, her grumpy brother, J. Wellington Wimpy, Alice the Goon and others for a cartoon strip (first syndicated world-wide in the 1920s and still published today) which he took over from Popeye's creator, the cartoonist Elzie Segar, and ran for some 40 years.

And although Segar's original image of Popeye still has its admirers, it is Sagendorf's version that is best-known to the public, decorating as it does the many spin-offs the sailorman has spawned.

Forrest Sagendorf was born in 1915 in Wenatchee, Washington State, but young 'Bud' and his family soon moved to Santa Monica,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4935 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Bud Sagendorf


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
  • Easel Painting
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Added Description
  • Figure Specialty
  • Genre Specialty
  • King Features Syndicate Illustration

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