Peggy Bacon

Born in 1895 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, Peggy Brook Bacon is best known for her caricatures, but was a painter, portrait painter, caricaturist, illustrator, lithographer, writer, art educator. Her style is considered to be early modern (before 1950's) and she was taught by the likes of Andrew Dasburg, George Bellows, John Sloan and Kenneth Hayes Miller. She studied with John Sloan and Kenneth Hayes Miller. Her sharp wit was evident in her contributions to the New Yorker and Vanity Fair as well as in the more than 60 books she illustrated, including several publications of her own short stories and poetry. She died at age 91.

SOURCE - https://americanart.si.edu/artist/peggy-bacon-195 (Aug, 2025) & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Bacon (Aug, 2025)