Vet Anderson(1873-1966)
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Jesse Sylvester "Vet" Anderson, cartoonist, comic strip artist,
illustrator, and sculptor, was born in Bear Lake, Michigan. He got the
nickname "Vet" because he was a veteran of the Spanish American War at
the age of 23.
He created cartoons and comic strips for the Detroit Free Press, the New York Herald Tribune, and New York Globe, studied sculpture under Paul Landowski (1875-1961) in Paris, and participated in the 1922 Salon des Artists Francais show in Paris.
In the late 1910s, he worked with animators Dick Huemer and Raoul Barre in NYC. In the 20s, he worked with Paul Terry and Max Fleischer in NYC. In 1931, he came to California to work with Walter Lantz on 15 "Oswald the Rabbit" cartoons. In 1933, Vet worked on a 9-minute animated version of "The Wizard of Oz" in Canada. In 1937, he came to San Francisco to work on two bas-relief sculptures for the WPA Horseshoe Courts in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
He died at the Veterans Home in Santa Clara County, California in 1966.
He created cartoons and comic strips for the Detroit Free Press, the New York Herald Tribune, and New York Globe, studied sculpture under Paul Landowski (1875-1961) in Paris, and participated in the 1922 Salon des Artists Francais show in Paris.
In the late 1910s, he worked with animators Dick Huemer and Raoul Barre in NYC. In the 20s, he worked with Paul Terry and Max Fleischer in NYC. In 1931, he came to California to work with Walter Lantz on 15 "Oswald the Rabbit" cartoons. In 1933, Vet worked on a 9-minute animated version of "The Wizard of Oz" in Canada. In 1937, he came to San Francisco to work on two bas-relief sculptures for the WPA Horseshoe Courts in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
He died at the Veterans Home in Santa Clara County, California in 1966.