William Howard Schröder (c. 1851

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- 4 August 1892

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), was a

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artist, cartoonist and publisher.Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa - NASOU (1973) Schroder was the eldest in a family of 4 sons and 6 daughters. Never a robust child, he preferred the company of a book or drawing materials to that of his peers. His first schooling was at Tot Nut van 't Algemeen in Cape Town, and there came under the mentorship of Charles Fanning, the art master. Charles Fanning, though a competent teacher, was of as retiring a nature as Willie, declining to sell his work for fear of exciting jealousy and resentment on the part of other artists. At the age of 14, Schröder was compelled by his family's straitened circumstances to leave school and work for a photo colourist, becoming proficient at this art. Later he was employed by a photographer, S. B. Barnard, for some twelve years during which period he attended evening classes in art, first studying under Thomas Lindsay of the Roeland Street School of Art, and later under Lindsay's successor, W. McGill. Schröder started regularly contributing cartoons and caricatures to newspapers and periodicals. One of his first works was a portrait of James Barry for '' The Zingari'' in 1871. He worked for the ''Zingari'' until it closed in 1875. John Schröder, his father, died of dropsy in 1872 after a lifetime of abstaining from spirits and tobacco. The burden of responsibility for the family's welfare naturally fell on the eldest son. Schröder now started giving art classes and painting portraits. He briefly worked for the Cape Town-based publication ''

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'', starting from when it opened in 1877, before moving to Port Elizabeth for a few years to work for ''

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'' newspaper in 1878. His cartoons were used by the '' Cape Argus'', ''Het Volksblad'', ''

'', ''Excalibur'' and his own weekly ''The Knobkerrie''. He moved to the

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in 1889 where after working on several journals, he joined ''The Press'' in

References

Bibliography

online The Schröder Art Memento (1893) - Leo Weinthal (editor)

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* South African artists South African editorial cartoonists Cape Colony people South African caricaturists 1850s births 1892 deaths {{cartoonist-stub