Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr. (January 8, 1904 – February 22, 1968), known professionally as Peter Arno, was an American cartoonist. He contributed cartoons and 101 covers to The New Yorker from 1925, the magazine's first year, until 1968,<ref>Remnick, David, ed. (2005) The Complete New Yorker: Eighty Years of the Nation's Greatest Magazine. New York: Random House.</ref> the year of his death. In 2015, New Yorker contributor Roger Angell described him as "the magazine's first genius".<ref>Angell, R. "Snaps: 1925–1935". The New Yorker, February 23 & March 2, 2015 (90th Anniversary Issue), p. 20.</ref><ref>The Double Life of Peter Arno, *The New Yorker’*s Most Influential Cartoonist</ref>
BiographyEdit
Arno was born on January 8, 1904, in New York City. His father was Curtis Arnoux Peters, a New York State Supreme Court judge. He was educated at the Hotchkiss School and Yale University, where he contributed illustrations, covers and cartoons to The Yale Record, the campus humor magazine, as "Peters".<ref>Arno, Peter (as "Peters") (January 17, 1923). Cover Illustration. The Yale Record. New Haven: Yale Record.</ref> He also formed a jazz band called the Yale Collegians, in which he played piano, banjo, and accordion.<ref>Arno, Peter Robert C. Harvey: http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-00045.html; American National Biography Online February 2000</ref> Arno's infatuation with show business later had him designing, writing, and/or producing for four Broadway shows, and appearing with fellow cartoonists in the film Artists and Models. (Please see Role in Broadway Productions below)
After one year at Yale he moved home to Manhattan and worked as an illustrator for a silent film company (Chadwick Films) before joining the staff of the fledgling magazine The New Yorker.<ref>Maslin, Michael. "Peter Arno: The Mad Mad World of The New Yorker's Greatest Cartoonist" New York: Regan Arts, 2016.</ref> The iconic cartoons and covers he created there, from 1925 through 1968, helped establish the magazine's reputation for sophisticated humor and fine illustration. His work often depicted a cross-section of New York City society, though he was also inspired by situations he encountered during his travels.<ref>Topliss, Iain. The Comic Worlds of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.</ref><ref>Mankoff, Robert, ed. (2004) The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers.</ref> Arno drew his cartoons in batches, usually over a two-day period each week.<ref>Arno, Peter Robert C. Harvey: http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-00045.html; American National Biography Online February. 2000</ref> Arno often worked with gag writers, one of whom coined the popular expression "back to the drawing board" in a famous March 1, 1941 cartoon.<ref>Arno, Peter (March 1, 1941). Cartoon. The New Yorker. New York: Conde Nast.</ref><ref>Mankoff, Robert, The Perfect Cartoon: Part Two, New Yorker, June 11, 2014</ref>
In 1927 he married Lois Long, a popular New Yorker columnist and fashion editor who wrote under the pseudonym "Lipstick." Their one daughter, Patricia, was born September 18, 1928, and the couple divorced in 1930. Arno later married debutante Mary Livingston Lansing in August 1935; they divorced in July 1939.
After his second divorce, Arno moved to a farm near Harrison, New York, where he lived in seclusion, enjoying music, guns, and sports cars.<ref>Arno, Peter Robert C. Harvey: http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-00045.html; American National Biography Online February. 2000</ref>
Arno died of emphysema on February 22, 1968, at the age of 64. He is buried at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.<ref>obit - Washington, Pennsylvania - Observer-Reporter - Feb 23, 1968</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
A biography, Peter Arno: The Mad Mad World of The New Yorker's Greatest Cartoonist by New Yorker cartoonist, Michael Maslin was published in April 2016 by Regan Arts.
Role in Broadway ProductionsEdit
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1930 | Scenic Design sketches
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1929 | Book |
Note: Book is theatrical term for production script
BibliographyEdit
- Whoops, Dearie!. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1927. (ghostwritten by Philip Wylie)
- Parade. New York: H. Liveright, 1929.
- Hullabaloo. New York: H. Liveright, 1930.
- Circus. New York: H. Liveright, 1931.
- Favorites. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1932.
- For Members Only. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1935.
- Cartoon Revue. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1941.
- Man in the Shower. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1944.
- Sizzling Platter. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949.
- Ladies and Gentlemen. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1951.
- Hell of a Way to Run a Railroad. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956.
- Lady in the Shower. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967.
- Peter Arno. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1979.
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