Robert Moore Brinkerhoff
American cartoonist (1880–1958)
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Robert "Bob" Moore Brinkerhoff (4 May 1880 Toledo, Ohio – 17 February 1958 Minneapolis), often credited as R. M. Brinkerhoff (also familiarly known as "Brink")[1], was an American newspaper cartoonist and illustrator active in the early twentieth century. In 1917 he joined the staff of the New York Evening Mail, where he worked as a political and editorial cartoonist.[2][3][4][5][6]
May 4, 1880
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Brinkerhoff drawing a Charlie Chaplin cartoon for First National in the Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 6, no. 20. 11 May 1918. p. 40 – via Internet Archive (NYPL).  | |
| Born | Robert Moore Brinkerhoff May 4, 1880 |
| Died | February 17, 1958 (aged 77) |
Life and career
Robert Moore Brinkerhoff's father, Robert Alexander Brinkerhoff (1844–1917), with Henry Sheldon Chapin (1835–1915), founded the Toledo Post,[7] which merged with the Toledo News-Bee.[8][4] R.A. Brinkerhoff, later (around 1900), had served as Advertising Agent with The Toledo Express.
R. M. Brinkerhoff, after graduating from high school, worked for the Toledo News-Bee. He later moved to New York, where, from 1900 to 1901, he studied at the Art Students League. In 1905 he studied in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière before returning to Ohio to draw political cartoons for the Toledo Blade. He subsequently worked for the Cleveland Leader and the Cincinnati Post. In 1913 he returned to New York and worked as a political cartoonist for the New York Evening Mail for about three years.
He was perhaps best known as the creator of the long-running comic strip Little Mary Mixup, which debuted January 2, 1918, and continued for several decades – distributed by United Feature Syndicate. Brinkerhoff also drew a Sunday topper strip, All in the Family, which ran from April 3, 1932, to July 21, 1940.[9] He wrote instructional columns on cartooning for Tip Top magazine.[6]
Brinkerhoff produced editorial cartoons during the First World War period, though his reputation rests primarily on his newspaper comic strip work rather than wartime illustrations.
Death
Brinkerhoff died February 17, 1958, in Minneapolis.[10][11] He was survived by his second wife, Edna Patterson (maiden 1879–1961),[12] and his son, Robert Huston Brinkerhoff (1907–1998)[13] from his first marriage to Jean Carrington Huston (1881–1934).[14] He outlived his older sister, Esther Stewart Brinkerhoff (1875–1923), an artist and art educator.[15]
Gallery
"Perry's Victory in Lake Erie," (1906) referencing the War of 1812 Battle of Lake Erie (Sept. 10, 1813), in which the U.S. Navy, under Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, defeated the British Fleet.[16]
"A Suspicious Character," from Caricature – Wit and Humor of a Nation in Picture, Song and Story (13th ed.). 1918 – via Internet Archive.
"Old Friends Are Best," from Caricature: Wit and Humor of a Nation in Picture, Song and Story (13th ed.). 1918 – via Internet Archive.
"Still Fishing" (US Secret Service rounding up German spies), in South Bend News-Times (front page, top right, © 1915 S.S. McClure). Vol. 32, no. 302. 29 October 1915 – via Newspapers.com.
"Let Your Fruit Trees Save Sugar," U.S. Food Administration, Educational Division, Advertising Section (c. 1917–1919)
"Mary Pickford insist that her fellow workers receive their share of the applause." Cartoon ad for the American film Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) in Moving Picture World. Vol. 40, no. 9. 31 May 1919. p. 1294 – via Internet Archive.
Comic-strip ad for Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) in Moving Picture World. Vol. 40, no. 7. 17 May 1919. pp. 984–195 – via Internet Archive.
"Robert M. Brinkerhoff as he looks to himself," self caricature, in the Illustrated Daily News. Vol. 1, no. 6. New York. 2 July 1919. p. 13{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) ProQuest 2260421589.
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Publications illustrated by Brinkerhoff
- Knibbs, Henry Herbert (1874–1945) (1919). The Ridin' Kid from Powder River. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 2023-656551; OCLC 9352915 (all editions).
- See article about the 1924 film, The Ridin' Kid From Powder River.
- Dillon, Mary (née Mary Calista Johnson; 1850–1922) (March 1919). The American. New York: The Century Company.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 19-4847; OCLC 7014283 (all editions).
- Schweikert, Harry Christian (1877–1937); Inglis, Rewey Belle (1885–1967); Gehlmann, John Alexander (1891–1985) (eds.). Adventures in American Literature. Illustrated by R. M. Brinkerhoff. New York & Chicago: Harcourt, Brace and Company.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link) LCCN 30-10826; OCLC 2653221 (all editions).
- Kirby, Thomas Joseph, PhD (1872–1938); Carpenter, Millington Farwell, PhD (1888–1967); Knott, Thomas Albert, PhD (1880–1945) (eds.). Pupil Activity – English Series. Illustrated by R. M. Brinkerhoff. New York & Chicago: Harcourt, Brace and Company.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link) OCLC 18281463 (all editions).
