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BETHEL — Artwork from Bethel illustrator Art Young, who was known as “Dean of American Cartoonists,” will be on display at Bethel Historical Society starting this Friday.
Young lived in Bethel from 1904 to 1942 and was the best-known political cartoonist in the country from during the early 1900s, said Marc Moorash, of the historical society.
The gallery will run March 27 through April 26 and it will feature 40 original illustrations, many of which are on loan from Young’s descendants, and over 100 pieces of ephemera, including letters, magazines and books.
The historical society has also released Young’s lost manuscript, the previously unpublished “Types of the Old Home Town” – a collection of small town Americana “types,” many of which first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in the 1920s.
The exhibit will be Young’s first solo art show since 1939.
For more information on Young, the gallery and the book, visit artyounggallery.org.
