Paul Arlt
Paul Theodore Arlt (born March 15, 1914 in New York , † September 20, 2005 in Washington, DC ) was an American cartoonist and painter .
Paul Arlt worked as a cartoonist for most of his life, first at The Herald Tribune in New York and later mainly for business magazines. He lived in Washington, DC for the longest time. Most of his cartoons had a political connection or background.
Arlt also painted paintings with water and oil paints . The motifs were mostly well-known national monuments of the United States. For the US Treasury he created a fresco that still exists in Enterprise (Alabama) in 1940 . This work was a result of the WPA (Works Progress Administration), an institution that brought unemployed people into wages during the New Deal (1935–1943).
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| SURNAME | Arlt, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arlt, Paul Theodore (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cartoonist and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 2005 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |