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Gluyas Williams

Gluyas Williams (1888 - 1982) was active/lived in Massachusetts, California.  Gluyas Williams is known for Cartoons, illustrator, caricature.

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The following is from the artist's grandson, Ed Williams:

Gluyas Williams was born in San Francisco but lived his life in Newton, Massachusetts.  After his marriage, he spent his summers on Deer Isle in Maine and was an avid sailing enthusiast.  He did not go to Deer lsle during World War II because  his son David was in the Navy for the duration.

He graduated from Harvard in 1911, I believe, then studied in Paris and Dresden, Germany before returning to the United States to begin a 40-year career as an illustrator.  Among his illustrator friends were Charles Dana Gibson, E.B. White and T.S. Sullivant.

He married 27 May 1915 to Margaret Kempton, and they had two children: Margaret (1916- ) and David 1918-1988.

He illustrated for the New Yorker magazine and collaborated with many including
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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Gluyas Williams available:    Clifford (Cliff) Sterrett,  Royston Roy Campbell Crane,  Artist Unknown,  Frederick Opper,  George McManus,  Richard Williams,  Charles Vess,  Hannes Vajn ('Hans") Bok,  Rube Lucius Goldberg,  George Price,  Bart Sears,  Don Martin,  Walt Kelly,  Dick Dillin,  Bob Peak,  Gilbert Hernandez,  Richard Denison Taylor,  Steve Bissette,  Arantza Sestayo,  Steve Dillon,  William Hill,  Bob Powell,  Robert Reid,  Gahan Allen Wilson



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Keywords and Quick Facts for Gluyas Williams


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt Style
  • Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
Art Subject
  • Caricatures
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Humor, Whimsy
  • Portraits, Portraiture
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
  • Caricature Specialty
  • Cartoon Specialty
  • Illustration Specialty
  • NEW YORKER Magazine Illustration, Cartoon or Photography
Exhibition of Museum
  • Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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