Hutton, Hugh (1897- 1976)

Hutton was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. After attending the University of Minnesota for two years, Hutton enlisted and served in the First World War. Hutton pursued coursework in art through correspondence school, the Minneapolis School of Art and the Art Students League. Hutton found some success with a feature, Nutty Natural History and moved to New York City. He worked at the New York World from 1930 to 1932 and with the United Features Syndicate in 1932 and 1933, drawing illustrations and comic strips. Hutton relocated to Philadelphia and worked as the cartoonist at the Public Ledger in 1933 and 1934. He became the Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial cartoonist in April 1934 and retired from the paper in 1969.

Cartoons for sale:

Caption Displayed, 1940
£865
38cm x 50cm
Philadelphia Enquirer
Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini cartoon.

Caption Displayed, 1940
£485
32cm x 44cm
Philadelphia Inquirer
Benito Mussolini cartoon.

A PEPPING-UP PROCESS
8th June 1935
£385
28cm x 37cm
Philadelphia Inquirer
Stanley Baldwin British lion cartoon.

"GIDDAP COMRADE!", 1938
£365
30cm x 41cm
Philadelphia Inquirer 6/11/1938
Communist Reds cartoon.

THE OPENING GUN, 1936
£385
28cm x 38cm
Philadelphia Inquirer 14/5/1936
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Cartoon.

No Caption, 1938
£395
31cm x 42cm
Philadelphia Inquirer 20/8/1938
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Cartoon.

Caption Displayed, 1940
£675
31cm x 44cm
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hitler, Hirohito, Uncle Sam cartoon.

SAFE AND SANE, 1933
£575
26cm x 31cm
Philadelphia Inquirer
Uncle Sam, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Cartoon.