The Art of Ralph Barton

Ralph Barton (1891 - 1931) was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He lived in New York City, during the 1920s at the height of his career. As an illustrator and a caricaturist, he was in popular demand for magazines such as Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan and Life. He often travelled to Paris. He painted for magazines and publishers. Some of his famous illustrations can be found in “Gentlemen Prefer