Robert York
{{short description|American cartoonist}}
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Robert York (23 August 1909 — 21 May 1975) was an American cartoonist from 1930 to 1974. York began working for the Chicago Tribune and Nashville Banner throughout the 1930s before joining the Louisville Times in 1937. As a political cartoonist, York spent the majority of his career with Louisville apart from a stint with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
York won the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for his newspaper cartoon "Achilles" and retired from cartoons in August 1974.
Early life and education
On 23 August 1909, York was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. For his post-secondary education, York went to Drake University and the Cummings School of Art during the late 1920s. He continued his art education in 1930 when he enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.{{cite book |last1=Fischer |first1=Heinz-Dietrich |title=Political Caricatures on Global Issues: Pulitzer Prize Winning Editorial Cartoons |date=2012 |publisher=LIT Verlag |isbn=9783643902221 |page=72 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9MmGjustUKoC&pg=PA72 |accessdate=18 December 2018}}{{cite news |title=Robert York, Pulitzer Prize winner as Times cartoonist, is dead at 65 |work=The Courier-Journal |date=22 May 1975 |page=D12}} While completing his studies, York was trained by various people including Ding Darling and Vaughn Shoemaker.{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Horn |first1=Maurice |last2=Marschall |first2=Richard |encyclopedia=The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons |title=York, Robert (1909-1975) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L1F9Edu76jMC&q=%22robert+york%22 |access-date= |volume=2 |year=1980 |publisher=Chelsea House Publishers |page=594|isbn=9780877540885 }}
Career
York began working in cartoons with the Chicago Tribune as an assistant cartoonist for Carl Ed from 1930 to 1935. He then became a cartoonist for the Nashville Banner in 1936 and The Louisville Times in 1937.{{cite book |last1=Brennan |first1=Elizabeth A. |last2=Clarage |first2=Elizabeth C. |title=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners |date=1999 |publisher=Oryx Press |isbn=1573561118 |page=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofpulitze00bren/page/146 146] |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofpulitze00bren|url-access=registration }}{{cite news |title=Robert York Cartoonist |work=Courier-Journal |date=26 January 1941 |page=13}} While with the Louisville Times, York worked as a political cartoonist from 1937 to 1974 with the exception of World War II. During the war, York drew with the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 to 1945. He retired from cartoons in August 1974.{{cite news |title=York Retires |work=Springfield Leader and Press |date=26 August 1974 |page=5}}
Awards and honors
In 1956, York was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for the cartoon "Achilles".{{cite web |title=Robert York of Louisville (KY) Times |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/robert-york |website=Pulitzer Prizes |accessdate=18 December 2018}}
Personal life
Death
References
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