Harry Earl Wood
- BORN
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1871
Norfolk, Virginia
- DIED
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May 14, 1943
Kansas City, Missouri
- EDUCATION
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Sketch Club
Kansas City, Missouri
Harry Wood was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1871. He attended the Kansas City Art Institute and is best known for his comic strip, The Intellectual Pup, which appeared daily in the Kansas City Star from 1907 until his death in 1943. Harry Wood also served as the President of the Kansas City Newspaper Artists' Association.
Note
Harry Wood worked with William Rockhill Nelson and drew personal illustrations depicting Nelson.
Awards & Exhibitions 2
References
Artist clippings file is available at:
Jannes Library, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Bibliography
Select Sources
Kansas City Art Institute, Bulletin of the Kansas City Art Institute, December 1937 (Kansas City: Kansas City Art Institute, 1937).
Adams, Henry, et al., American Drawings and Watercolors from the Kansas City Region (Kansas City: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1992).
Core Reference Sources
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Image Credits
Artwork
Harry Earl Wood, Let's Drink for Twenty-five years more..., 1913.
Ink and watercolor over graphite on paper, 4 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Christine Wittkopf, R63-10/2.
Reproduced with permission of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Contributors
Lora Farrell, Kansas City Art Institute
Artist Record Published
Published on September 20, 2021
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
Jannes Library, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Artist’s work in these institutions’ collections
Kansas City Star
Bibliography
Select Sources
Kansas City Art Institute, Bulletin of the Kansas City Art Institute, December 1937 (Kansas City: Kansas City Art Institute, 1937).
Adams, Henry, et al., American Drawings and Watercolors from the Kansas City Region (Kansas City: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1992).
Core Reference Sources
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Contributors
Lora Farrell, Kansas City Art Institute
Artist Record Published
Published on September 20, 2021
Updated on None
