A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing

caricature A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon). Caricatures can be either insulting or complimentary, ...

List of caricaturists

Abed Abdi Abed Abdi ( ar, عبد عابدي, he, עבד עאבדי; born February 1942 in Haifa) is a Palestinian painter, graphic designer, sculptor and art lecturer. Abdi worked as a blacksmith and illustrated Arabic publications that appeared in Isra ...

(born 1942) *

Al Hirschfeld Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars. Personal life Al Hirschfeld was born in 1903 in a two-story duplex at 1313 Carr ...

(1903–2003) * Alex Gard (1900–1948) *

Alexander Saroukhan Alexander Saroukhan ( hy, Ալեքսանդր Յակոբի Սարուխան, ar, إسكندر صاروخان ; October 1, 1898 – 1977) was an Armenian- Egyptian cartoonist and caricaturist whose drawings have appeared in a number of Arabic and ...

(1898–1977) * Alfred Grévin (1827–1892) * Alfred Schmidt (1858–1938) * Amédée de Noé, also known as Cham (1818–1879) * Amnon David Ar (born 1973) * Andre Gill (1840–1885) * Angelo Torres (born 1932) *

Arifur Rahman Arifur Rahman (born August 8, 1984) is a Bangladeshi- Norwegian political cartoonist, illustrator and animator. He is a self-taught cartoonist who is renowned for his contribution to cartoons both on the internet and in print media. In Bangladesh ...

(born 1984) * Arthur Good (1853–1928) * Aurelius Battaglia (1910–1984) * Lluís Bagaria (1882–1940) *

Bill Plympton Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946) is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Awards-nominated animated short '' Your Face'' and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting wit ...

(born 1946) * Bob Staake (born 1957) *

Boris Yefimov Boris Yefimovich Yefimov (russian: Бори́с Ефи́мович Ефи́мов; ,The birth record of Boris Fridlyand (Boris Yefimov) in the metric book of the Kiev rabbinate for 1900 ( ЦГИАК Украины. Ф. 1164. Оп. 1. Д. 454. Л. ...

(1899–2008) * Bruce Stark (1933–2012) *

Cabu Jean Maurice Jules Cabut (; 13 January 19387 January 2015), known by the pen-name Cabu (), was a French comic strip artist and caricaturist. He was murdered in the January 2015 shooting attack on the '' Charlie Hebdo'' newspaper offices. Cabu ...

(1938–2015) * Carlo Pellegrini (1839–1889) * Cem Kiziltug (born 1974) * Charles Williams (1798–1830) *

Dan Dunn Dan Dunn is a fictional detective created by Norman W. Marsh. He first appeared in ''Detective Dan: Secret Operative No. 48'', a proto-comic book from 1933, produced by Humor Publishing. He subsequently appeared in newspaper comic strips from 193 ...

(born 1957) *

Daniel Stieglitz Daniel Stieglitz (born 4 March 1980 in Cham, (Germany)) is a caricature artist, director and writer. He studied animation, illustration and filmmaking at the Kunsthochschule Kassel in Hessia and graduated with the 45min movie "Spielzeugland End ...

(born 1980) *

David Levine David Levine (December 20, 1926 – December 29, 2009) was an American artist and illustrator best known for his caricatures in ''The New York Review of Books''. Jules Feiffer has called him "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of th ...

(1926–2009) * Sir David Low (1891–1963) * Don Barclay (1892–1975) *

Donald Bevan Donald Joseph Bevan (January 16, 1920 Holyoke, Massachusetts – May 29, 2013 Studio City, California) was an American playwright whose works include the Broadway play ''Stalag 17'', co-written with Edmund Trzcinski, and adapted as a movie in 19 ...

(1920–2013) * Drew Friedman *

Dušan Petričić Dušan Petričić ( sr-cyr, Душан Петричић; born 10 May 1946) is a Serbian illustrator and caricaturist. He has illustrated numerous children's books and his caricatures have appeared in various newspapers and magazines from ''Poli ...

(born 1946) * Edmund S. Valtman (1914–2005) * Emad Hajjaj (born 1967) *

Émile Cohl Émile Eugène Jean Louis Cohl (; né Courtet; 4 January 1857 – 20 January 1938) was a French caricaturist of the largely forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon" and "The Oldest Pa ...

(1857–1938) * Emilio Coia (1911–1997) * GAL (born 1940) * Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, also known as

Nadar Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person ...

(1820–1910) * Gavin Bell (born 1971) * George Bahgoury (born 1932) *

George Bickham the Younger George Bickham the Younger (c. 1706–1771) was an English etcher and engraver, a printseller, and one of the first English caricaturists. He produced didactic publications, political caricatures, and pornographical prints. He was the son of the ...

(c. 1706–1771) *

George Cruikshank George Cruikshank (27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reache ...

(1792–1880) *

George Moutard Woodward George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765–1809) was an English caricaturist and humor writer. He was a friend and drinking companion of Thomas Rowlandson. Biography Woodward was born in Stanton Hall, in Stanton by Dale in Derbyshire, England the son o ...

(c. 1760–1809) * George Wachsteter (1911–2004) * Georges Goursat (1863–1934) * Gerald Scarfe (born 1936) *

Gerhard Haderer Gerhard Haderer (; born 1951 in Leonding, Austria) is an Austrian cartoonist and caricaturist. His brother Josef Haderer was a professional footballer. Early life Haderer studied at a technical art school in Linz for four years from 1965, and ...

(born 1951) * Glen Hanson * Glynis Sweeny (born 1962) * György Rózsahegyi (1940–2010) *

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in th ...

(1864–1901) * Henry Bateman (1887–1970) * Henry Bunbury (1750–1811) * Henry Wigstead (died 1800) * Hermann Mejia (born 1973) *

Honoré Daumier Honoré-Victorin Daumier (; February 26, 1808February 10, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second N ...

(1808–1879) * Isa Macnie (1869–1958) * Isaac Cruikshank (1786–1856) * Jack Davis (1924–2016) * Jacques Callot (1592–1635) * James Gillray (1756–1815) *

James Sayers James Sayers (or Sayer) (1748 – April 20, 1823) was an English caricaturist . Many of his works are described in the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum which h ...

(1748–1825) * Jaume Capdevila, "Kap" (born 1974) * Javad Alizadeh (born 1953) * J.J. Grandville (1803–1847) * Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800–1869) *

Jeff Hook Geoffrey Raynor Hook (27 December 1928 – 20 July 2018) was an Australian artist and editorial cartoonist. Hook was married to Pauline from 1961 and had five children. Career After attending St Virgil's College, Hobart, Hook started as a cad ...

(1928–2018)de Becker, Paul (1991). CARTOONS 1991 International Cartoon Festival Knokke-Heist. Belgium: Davidsfonds/Leuven. * Jim McDermott (born 1960) * Joe Grant (1908–2005) * John Doyle (1797–1868) * John Kay (1742–1826) * John Leech (1817–1864) * John Tenniel (1820–1914) * Jovan Prokopljević (born 1940) * Karl Meersman (born 1961) * Kate Carew (1869–1961) *

Ken Fallin Ken Fallin (born November 11, 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American illustrator and caricaturist."You're Nobody Until You've Been Fallined", Leaders' magazine, July–September 2003, Volume 26, Number 3, p.118. His first big break was in ...

(born 1948) * Kenny Meadows (1790–1874) * Kerry G. Johnson (born 1966) * Kerry Waghorn (born 1947) * Louis Hirshman (1905–1986) * Luigi Borgomainerio (1836–1876) * Malky McCormick (1943–2019) * Marc Sleen (1922–2016) * Marjorie Organ (1886–1930) *

Massoud Mehrabi Massoud Mehrabi (1954 – 31 August 2020) was an Iranian journalist, writer and caricaturist. He studied cinema at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Art (1977–1982). and later passed a Film Production Management course at th ...

(1954–2020) *

Max Beerbohm Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (24 August 1872 – 20 May 1956) was an English essayist, Parody, parodist and Caricature, caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist. He was the drama critic ...

(1872–1956) * Melchiorre Delfico (1825–1895) * Mort Drucker (1929–2020) * Murray Webb (born 1947) * Nikolai Stepanov (1807–1877) * Oğuz Aral (1936–2004) * Osama Hajjaj (born 1973) * Oscar Berger (1901–1997) * Omaya Joha (born 1972) * Patrick Oliphant (born 1935) *

Paul Gavarni Paul Gavarni was the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804 – 24 November 1866), a French illustrator, born in Paris. Early career Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy. Paul ...

(1804–1866) * Pedro X. Molina * Peggy Bacon (1895–1987) *

Philip Burke Philip Burke (born 1956 in Buffalo, New York) is an American caricature artist and illustrator, known for his vivid portraits that appeared in the pages of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine for almost a decade. Burke's work extends beyond the likes of ...

(born 1956) *

Pier Leone Ghezzi Pier Leone Ghezzi (28 June 1674 – 6 March 1755) was an Italian Rococo painter and caricaturist active in Rome. Biography Ghezzi was born and died in Rome. He trained under his father, Giuseppe Ghezzi, who also trained Antonio Amorosi. ...

(1674–1755) *

Prakash Shetty Prakash Shetty is an Indian cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrator ...

(born 1960) *

Predrag Koraksić Corax Predrag Koraksić Corax ( sr, Предраг Кораксић Коракс; born 15 June 1933) is a Serbian political caricaturist. Name signature He writes his signature Corax using Latin characters and spelling. Biography Koraksić was born on ...

(born 1933) * Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1846–1905) * Ralph Steadman (born 1936) * Ranan Lurie (1932–2022) * Raoul Hunter (1926–2018) * Richard Newton (1777–1798) *

Robert Grossman Robert Grossman (March 1, 1940 – March 15, 2018) was an American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, comics artist, illustrator and author. In a career spanning fifty years, Grossman's illustrations have appeared over 500 times on the covers of var ...

(1940–2018) * Robert Risko (born 1956) * Ronald Searle (1920–2011) * S. Jithesh (born 1974) * Sam Berman (1906–1995) * Sam Norkin (1917–2011) * Sam Viviano (born 1953) *

Sebastian Krüger Sebastian Krüger (born June 30, 1963, in Hamelin, Germany) is a German artist. After studying free painting with Prof. Dörfler at the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts he made a stunning reputation as the designer of a number of cover spre ...

(born 1963) * Seyran Caferli (born 1966) * Shawn McManus (born 1958) *

Shekhar Gurera Lalit Kala Academy Shekhar Gurera, or Chander Shekhar Gurera, is an Indian editorial cartoonist, illustrator, and graphic designer. He publishes regular cartoons with comments about India's political and social trends. His daily pocket cartoons ...

, India (born 1965) * Stephen Rotluanga (born 1952) * Steve Bell (born 1951) *

Steve Brodner Steve Brodner (born October 19, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York) is a satirical illustrator and caricaturist working for publications in the US since the 1970s. He is accepted in the fields of journalism and the graphic arts as a master of the edito ...

(born 1954) * Thomas Nast (1840–1902) *

Thomas Rowlandson Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 175721 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social an ...

(1756–1827) * Tom Bachtell (born 1957) * Tom Richmond (born 1966) *

Vitaliy Peskov Vitaly Viktorovich Peskov (russian: Вита́лий Ви́кторович Песко́в, May 12, 1944 – March 12, 2002) was a Russian cartoonist who also worked as an illustrator and an animation director. In 2000, Vitaly Peskov was ...

(1944–2002) (Russian: Виталий Песков) * Vyvyan Donner (1895–1965)Democrat-Times staff (May 4, 1956)
"Miss Vyvyan Donner to Be Guest at Delta Council Meeting in Cleveland"
''The Delta-Democrat-Times''. p. 3. Retrieved July 5, 2021. * William Auerbach-Levy (1889–1964) * William Austin (1721–1820) * William Heath (1794–1840) *

William Hogarth William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like ...

(1697–1764) * Wyncie King (1884–1961)

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