biography of Perry BARLOW (1892-1978)
Birth place: McKinney, TX
Addresses: Westport, CT (1923-on)
Profession: Cartoonist
Studied: AIC
Work: LOC (800 drawings, 1925-60)
Comments: In his early career, he sold cartoons to Judge, Life, Collier"s and Look; but from 1925-on he worked for New Yorker, producing more than 150 covers. Because he was color-blind, his wife Dorothy Hope Smith (see entry) helped him with color.
Sources: Community of Artists, 68