Mark Bryant
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The English caricaturist James Gillray died on June 1st, 1815. Cartoon historian Mark Bryant explores the work of the man who invented the art of political cartooning, and asks what effect his drawings had on one of their targets. Published May 31 2011
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Martin Luther used pictorial propaganda to further the Protestant cause. Mark Bryant looks at the work of those artists who became his allies – and those who became his enemies.
Published June 10 2010
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Mark Bryant admires a Russian artist whose lampoons of Napoleon inspired some notable British caricaturists. Published December 16 2009
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Mark Bryant on the lesser-known caricature work of the German-born Gerard Hoffnung, one of postwar Britain’s best-loved cartoonists. Published November 18 2009
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Mark Bryant looks at the rich tradition of cartoons and caricatures inspired by the Gunpowder Plot. Published October 16 2009
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Mark Bryant profiles the brilliant wartime cartoonist who chronicled the actions of Italy’s Fascist leader. Published September 16 2009
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Since at least the 18th century, the traditional English summer sport has inspired cartoonists, as Mark Bryant demonstrates. Published August 12 2009
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Mark Bryant looks at the artist behind one of the most iconic images of the 20th century.
Published June 10 2009
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Mark Bryant looks at the lampooning of two hugely unpopular measures imposed during the administrations of two of the United States’ most distinguished presidents. Published May 14 2009
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Mark Bryant sketches the brief life of one of 18th-century London’s most prodigious and daring draughtsmen.
Published April 17 2009
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André Gill fearlessly lampooned the French rulers of his day in a series of masterly caricatures that would later inspire the creators of Spitting Image and many others. Mark Bryant examines his work.
Published March 16 2009
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The role of exiled Czech cartoonists in Britain during the Second World War is often overlooked, writes Mark Bryant. Published February 16 2009
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Mark Bryant on how French cartoonists of the 1870s responded to national humiliation at the hands of a beligerent Prussia. Published January 14 2009
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Mark Bryant on the work of Soviet cartoonists engaged in the epic struggle against Nazi Germany.
Published December 15 2008
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Mark Bryant looks at the cartoons produced in response to the conflict which followed the Opium Wars between China and the West.
Published November 12 2008
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