On a daily basis, editorial cartoonists deliver biting social commentary made palatable through amusing and well-crafted illustrations. Lines with Power and Purpose: Editorial Cartoons features 45 original editorial cartoons from the nation’s great metropolitan newspapers during the Golden Age of print journalism. Included in the mix are six Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists (Bruce Alexander Russell, Herbert Lawrence Block, Charles G. Werner, C.D Batchelor, Charles R. Macauley, and Vaughn Shoemaker), each demonstrating the theme of political commentary through editorial illustrations and addressing issues from the first half of the twentieth century. Lines with Power and Purpose will be on display in the Fidelity Gallery now through Jan. 5, 2020.
These deceptively simple drawings frame the public's understanding of early-to-mid twentieth-century world events and trends ranging from the two world wars, the Great Depression, public discontent with the United States government, presidential elections, daily battles regarding work-related rejection, nostalgia for homespun neighborhood charm in the Midwest, and more.
The Melton Gallery at the University of Central Oklahoma, the curator of the exhibition, has housed this set of political cartoons for more than three decades. This exhibition was organized by ExhibitsUSA, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance.
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