Richter, Mischa

▪ 2002

      Ukrainian-born American cartoonist and painter (b. 1912, Kharkov [Kharkiv], Ukraine, Russian Empire—d. March 23, 2001, Provincetown, Mass.), was a longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine. After graduating from Yale University in 1934, Richter was employed by the Works Progress Administration as a mural painter. From 1942 to 2000 more than 1,500 of his cartoons appeared in The New Yorker. Richter also contributed cartoons to Penthouse and Esquire.

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