Place: New York
Born: 1891
Death: 1931
Biography:
Ralph Waldo Emerson Barton was an American artist, cartoonist, and caricaturist, born on August 14, 1891, in New York, United States. He was known for his popular and highly demanded work in the 1920s, creating drawings and caricatures of actors and other celebrities. Barton's work is considered to epitomize the era, but he was nearly forgotten soon after his death, shortly before his fortieth birthday.