Small Scale Subversion by John Held Jr.6/29/2023 The theme of his works was lighthearted commentary on contemporary manners.ĭuring World War I, Held was a cartographer and artist for U. The drawings were usually heightened and embellished with simple washes of tone. For instance, the eyes, nose, and mouth are little more than dots. By 1915 Held had restricted himself to line, which he used in a mannered and sophisticated fashion, the forms stylized and reduced to simple motifs. His early work was free and sketchy, in the manner of the day. Most of his drawings were made in pen and ink but he also made linoleum block prints, having used that medium as early as 1905. In 1912 he left for New York City where he designed display cards for the Collier Street Railway Advertising Company and produced advertisements for Wanamaker's department store. He was largely self-taught except for some art instruction from sculptor Mahonri Young, a grandson of Brigham Young. Held began to draw at an early age: he sold his first cartoon to the old Life magazine in 1904 and was employed as sports cartoonist for the Salt Lake City Tribune a year later. (age 69) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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