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Frank (Francis) Godwin

Frank (Francis) Godwin (1889 - 1959) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, District Of Columbia.  Frank Godwin is known for Commercial illustrator-cartoonist, mural, etcher.

Frank Godwin was a prominent painter, magazine illustrator, and advertising artist, who lent his sophisticated talents to the comics for the last 30 years of his life. He contributed to numerous strips in the daily papers. His own creations, "Connie" (1927-1944) and "Rusty Riley" (1948-1959), are among the most highly admired continuity strips in the literature of the comics.

Godwin was the son of an editor for the Washington (D.C.) Star, and began his career in art with his fathers paper at the age of 16. A desire both to perfect his work and broaden his range of opportunity drew him to New York City. There, he studied at the Art Students League. From his late teens he supported himself as a free-lance cartoonist and illustrator. The close companionship and support of the older James Montgomery Flagg, already an established commercial artist, helped him to enter the market. He was soon selling to a large variety of periodicals. His advertising art appeared in virtually all the   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5623 characters.]  Artist bio

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