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Birth
1899 (Rochelle, Illinois)
Death
1987
Lived/Active
New York/Pennsylvania / France
Photo copyright by Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Often Known For
newspaper cartoons, murals, printing, illustration
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Allen Saalburg was born June 25, 1899 in Rochelle, Illinois. Charles Saalburg, his father, a newspaper cartoonist and printer, moved the family to New York when he obtained a patent for early four-color printing, first used to print the cartoon strip The Yellow Kid.
Allen Saalburg studied painting at Pratt Institute, and with William Sloan at the Art Students League, 1918-1920. In 1927, he joined his brother, Leslie, an illustrator, in Paris for three years. He exhibit (showing 500 of 4016 characters). |
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