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

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