Name Richard Decker | ||
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Richard Decker, (May 6, 1907 – November 1, 1988) a cartoonist and illustrator, studied at the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art and became famous for his cartoons published in The New Yorker.
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- Down by the riverside ii bruno rigassi richard decker john ward hazy osterwald
- Nije ljubav stvar performed by richard decker
- Works
- Recognition
- Death
- References
Nije ljubav stvar performed by richard decker
Works
Decker worked almost 40 years as a contract cartoonist for the New Yorker. He started out in 1929 with the magazine and then eventually worked his way up to becoming well-known on the New Yorker's pages for cartoons. Decker's humor covers a broad spectrum from changing times to even his large family. Decker's work in ink and watercolor had been featured in several area exhibitions. He did illustrations for "Look" and the "Saturday Evening Post" and did a number of advertisements for the "Philadelphia Evening Bulletin".
Recognition
Ben Yagoda has called Decker, along with Robert J. Day, "underrecognized New Yorker masters."
Death
Decker died in November 1988 at Cathcart Health Care Center in Devon, Pennsylvania. He was a resident of Berwyn, Pennsylvania.