Frank Modell

Frank Modell
Born Franklyn Bruce Modell
September 6, 1917
Philadelphia, US
Died May 27, 2016 (aged 98)
Guilford, Connecticut, US
Nationality American
Alma mater Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art
Occupation cartoonist
Known for contributed over 1,400 cartoons to The New Yorker

Franklyn Bruce "Frank" Modell (September 6, 1917 – May 27, 2016) was an American cartoonist who contributed over 1,400 cartoons to The New Yorker during a period of over 50 years from 1946.[1]

Franklyn Bruce Modell was born on September 6, 1917 in Philadelphia.[1]

He was a graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, after which he served in the US Army in World War II in a signal radio intelligence company as a sergeant.[1]

Modell died on May 27, 2016 at his home in Guilford, Connecticut.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Frank Modell, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 98". The New York Times. May 30, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
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