John Henry “Hy” Hintermeister was born in 1869 in Winterthur, Switzerland.  After studying art at the University of Zurich, John turned down a teaching position in favor of immigrating to the United States where he found work as a courtroom artist for a local New York paper.  His successful courtroom works soon shifted focus to illustration and magazine cover art.  He worked with several calendar art companies including Brown and Bigelow, The Osborne Co., Louis F. Kemper (showing 500 of 1079 characters).