William Charles McNulty (1884–1963) was an American artist, who created realistic etchings and drawings of New York.Terra Foundation for American Art: ''William Charles McNulty''
/ref> He was born in Ogden, Utah. He studied art in 1908 and 1909 at the

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in New York, where he also later taught. He was a successful editorial cartoonist for the

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. Works by McNulty are housed in the permanent collections of the

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, the

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, the Newark, Detroit and

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s, the U.S.

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and the University of Nebraska. McNulty started as a newspaper artist in Nebraska and Montana, but wasn't content to stay there. In New York, he studied at the league between 1907 and 1909. After returning to the journalism field, going to New Orleans and Seattle, he took up printmaking under the encouragement of

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, founder of the graphic arts department at the Art Students League. He worked in the League and was exhibiting prints by 1927. He had prints included in the first International Exhibition of Etching organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1932, and the institute continued to display his work until 1946. In 1931, he began teach at the Art Students League. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the

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. He taught until 1958. He died of a heart ailment in Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, MA, at the age of seventy-nine on September 26, 1963. image:VON-A caricature.jpg, left, Caricature of VON-A, signature for William Charles McNulty when he was illustrating for the Seattle Star. The artists included these caricatures of themselves in their book about famous Seattleites.

Editorial cartoonist VON-A

McNulty had worked for newspapers around in Nebraska and Montana and in New Orleans and Seattle as an editorial cartoonist. Under the name ''Von-A'' he worked for the Seattle Star, and had illustrations printed in ''The Cartoon: A Reference Book of Seattle's Successful Men'' and the ''12th Session of the Washington State Legislature''. Both were vanity cartoon books, collaborations of Seattle area cartoonists from its big three newspapers, featuring the rich and powerful in caricature and newsroom editorial-style drawing. The two books represent work he did as a member of the Seattle Cartoonists' Club in 1911. image:Art by VON-A in 1911.png, left, Editorial-style cartoon done by VON-A for the entry on Carl Schmitz in the book ''The Cartoon; A Reference Book of Seattle's Successful Men''. The clown was McNulty's editorial device in his cartoons to make commentary on the world.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McNulty, William Charles American printmakers American editorial cartoonists American caricaturists American illustrators American male journalists Journalists from New York City Art Students League of New York alumni Artists from Seattle Artists from Ogden, Utah 1884 births 1963 deaths Art competitors at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Editorial cartoonist VON-A

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Editorial illustrations

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