Peter Arno

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Peter Arno (January 8, 1904 – February 22, 1968) was a U.S. cartoonist.

[edit] Biography

Born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr. in New York, New York, and educated at the Hotchkiss School and Yale University, his cartoons were published in The New Yorker from 1925–1968. They often depicted a cross-section of New York society from the 1920s through the 1960s. He is interred at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.

[edit] Bibliography

• Whoops Dearie!. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1927.
• Parade. New York: H. Liveright,1929.
• Hullabaloo. New York: H. Liveright, 1930.
• Circus. New York: H. Liveright, 1931.
• Favorites (1932)
• For Members Only.New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935.
• Cartoon Revue. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941.
• Man in the Shower. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944.
• Sizzling Platter. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949.
• Ladies and Gentlemen. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951.
• Hell of a Way to Run a Railroad. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951.
• Lady in the Shower: New York: Simon and Schuster,1967.
• Peter Arno. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1979.

[edit] External links

• Profile page for Peter Arno on the Find A Grave web site
• Peter Arno on The New Yorker's CartoonBank.com
• Peter Arno, An Appreciation, Searching for Laugh