Brilliant Barbara....the 'Bad Girl' Does Win!

"...Initially, she (Barbara Shermund)  started out illustrating covers but was soon contributing cartoons. From 1926 to 1944, she created almost 600 New Yorker cartoons. Her work was perfect for the 1920s; often featuring young flapper characters navigating the ups-and-downs of modern Manhattan life. It's easy to view her work and imagine that it might be reflecting Shermund's own life. She travelled frequently and often didn't have a fixed address. She married twice yet some of her work can be read as having a queer subtext.

In the 1940s, a new art director forced her to tone down some of the more feminist aspects of her cartoons and, in 1944, she produced her final cartoon for the publication. She continued to work for other magazines; becoming a mainstay at Esquire and contributing to the likes of Collier's, Life and The Saturday Evening Post...."

(Illustration Chronicles, July 2020)

मराठीत त्यांच्या दर्जाची स्त्री कार्टूनिस्ट १९व्या शतकात नव्हती, २० व्या नव्हती आणि २१व्या नाहीये....

कलाकार : बार्बारा शेरमंड , दी न्यू यॉर्कर , मे २९ १९२६