By Charles “Bart” Bartholomew
Charles “Bart” Bartholomew was born in Iowa in 1869 to parents Col. Orion A. and Mary Smith Bartholomew. He died on February 15, 1949. He graduated from Iowa State College and was best known as a daily political cartoonist for the Minneapolis Journal. He was also the dean of the Federal Schools’ division of illustrating and cartooning, organized Bart Supplies art supply store, and wrote twelve textbooks on illustration and cartooning. |
