Peter Arno

Peter Arno
Arno in 1942
Born
Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr.

(1904-01-08)January 8, 1904
New York City, US
DiedFebruary 22, 1968(1968-02-22) (aged 64)
EducationYale University
Hotchkiss School
OccupationCartoonist
EmployerThe New Yorker (1925–1968)
Known forCreated 99 covers for The New Yorker
Spouses
(m. 1927⁠–⁠1931)
Mary Livingston Lansing
(m. 1935⁠–⁠1939)
ChildrenPatricia Arno

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,[1] the year of his death. In 2015, New Yorker contributor Roger Angell described him as "the magazine's first genius".[2][3]

  1. ^ Remnick, David, ed. (2005) The Complete New Yorker: Eighty Years of the Nation's Greatest Magazine. New York: Random House.
  2. ^ Angell, R. "Snaps: 1925–1935". The New Yorker, February 23 & March 2, 2015 (90th Anniversary Issue), p. 20.
  3. ^ The Double Life of Peter Arno, *The New Yorker’*s Most Influential Cartoonist

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