Swinnerton, Jimmy, 1875-1974
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- Swinnerton, James, 1875-1974
- Swinnerton, James Guilford, 1875-1974
- Swin, 1875-1974
- Swinny, 1875-1974
- Guilford, 1875-1974
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1875-11-13
Death Date
- 1974-09-08
Birth Place
- California
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
(itoamc) Artists
(itoamc) Cartoonists
(itoamc) Painters
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Sources
- found: Laurie, A. The Little boy who lived on the hill, 1895:ill. (Swin)
- found: Wikipedia, via WWW, Mar. 31, 2021(Jimmy Swinnerton; James Guilford Swinnerton; Swinny; signed some early cartoons "Swin" and in one used "Guilford"; cartoonist; landscape painter; entered San Francisco School of Design at age 14; became a staff cartoonist for Hearst's San Francisco Examiner, 1892; produced the weekly cartoon successively called California bears, The Little bears, and Little Bears and Tykes; moved to N.Y. in 1896 to work for Journal-American; returned to California in 1906 after tuberculosis diagnosis; from that point resided either in Arizona or California; painted desert scenes as a fine artist from about 1920 to 1965; b. Nov. 13, 1875 in California; exact locale variously stated as Eureka, San Jose, Stockton or San Francisco; d. Sept. 8, 1974, Palm Springs, Calif.)
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Change Notes
- 1979-04-18: new
- 2023-09-08: revised
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