Seibel, Fred O. (Fred Otto), 1886-1969

Editorial cartoonist of Richmond Times-Dispatch.

From the description of Cartoons drawn by Fred O. Seibel, 1952-1956. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31083931

Editorial page cartoonist for the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1926-1968.

From the description of One world and two birds, 1947 November 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 123755754

From the description of Cartoons for the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1929-1952. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50590372

From the description of I feel better in November [manuscript], 1937-1969. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925729

From the description of Down where the smokes begins [manuscript], 1944 November 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925751

From the description of Doggone [manuscript], 1966 July 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925739

From the description of Papers of Fred O. Seibel, 1938-1966. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50585751

From the description of Cartoons concerning the American Red Cross and its World War II blood drives, 1966 July 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50585763

From the description of Cartoon on the depression and the Community Fund of Richmond, Va., 1932 November 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50585719

From the description of Cartoon entitled "Doggone", 1966 July 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50585761

From the description of Cartoons depicting Richmond politician and City Manager Horace H. Edwards, 1948-1954. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50585769

From the description of Cartoons on Confederate subjects., 1937 and 1939. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50585757

From the description of Cartoon entitled "Down where the smokes begins, 1944 November 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50585766

From the description of Research files of Fred O. Seibel, 1910-1968. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50585715

From the description of Cartoon and clippings, 1937-1969. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50585758

Editorial cartoonist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

From the description of Dawn - April 3, 1865 [manuscript], 1935 April 3. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647994162

From the description of Cum laude [manuscript], 1960 November 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648004667

Editorial cartoonist, Richmond Times Dispatch.

From the description of "Now he needs a hitching post" [manuscript], 1930 March 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647915396

Cartoonist, Richmond Times Dispatch.

From the description of Cartoons drawn by Fred O. Seibel [manuscript], 1939-1941. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816407

From the description of Hero's welcome [manuscript], 1961 May 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805013

From the description of Cartoon honoring Alan Shepherd, 1961 May 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958108

Frederick Otto Seibel was born in Durhamville, New York, on 8 October 1886 and died in Richmond, Virginia on 19 June 1968. Siebel spent his childhood drawing sketches of the Erie Canal. He was married with no children. After attending classes at the Art Students League in New York City for a short time. Seibel started his own commercial art business in the early years of the twentieth century. His first cartoon was printed in the Oneida Dispatch in 1908. He began his career as a cartoonist in 1916 for the Knickerbocker Press in Albany, New York. Seibel moved to Virginia in 1926 to become an editorial cartoonist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and worked there for over thirty years. He did several shows at the Metropolitan Museum Of New York, Art Institute of Chicago and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. A biography is contained in the Spring 1977 issue of the Virginia Cavalcade (included in Box 1). Fred O. Seibel died in 1968 after completing nearly 16,000 cartoons. His most famous cartoon was "Retreat from Moscow" (11-5-1936) depicting presidential candidate Alfred E. Smith as Napoleon after FDR's landslide victory in 1936.

From the description of Frederick Otto Seibel papers, 1908-1968 (James Branch Cabell Library). WorldCat record id: 274008332