1. Barbara Shermund was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in The New Yorker from its first year in 1925.
14 Facts About Barbara Shermund
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Barbara Shermund was one of the first three women cartoonists inducted into the National Cartoonists Society in 1950.
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Barbara Shermund was born in San Francisco on June 26,1899.
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Barbara Shermund's father, Henry Shermund, was an architect and her mother, Fredda Cool, was a sculptor.
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Barbara Shermund attended the California School of Fine Arts and studied painting and printmaking.
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Barbara Shermund moved to New York in 1925 after her mother's death from Spanish flu.
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Barbara Shermund began her career in New York by creating spot illustrations.
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Barbara Shermund created covers, illustration and cartoons for Esquire, Life and Collier's.
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Barbara Shermund was one of the first women cartoonist to work for The New Yorker after its launch.
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Barbara Shermund's creations were satirical and often had a feminist and poignant tone reflecting the early 20th century view of the New Woman.
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Barbara Shermund used pencil and brush and she sketched a first draft on heavy 24 x 36 inch watercolour paper.
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Barbara Shermund continued to draw at her home in Sea Bright, New Jersey, until shortly before her death.
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Barbara Shermund died in a nursing home in Middletown Township, New Jersey, in 1978 after losing contact with her family.
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Shermund's life and work will be recounted in Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund, an upcoming biography edited by Caitlin McGurk and to be published in November 2024 by Fantagraphics.