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Peter Arno (January 8, 1904 – February 22, 1968) was a U.S. cartoonist. He contributed cartoons and 99 covers to ''The New Yorker'' from 1925, the magazine's first year, until 1968,〔Remnick, David, ed. (2005) ''The Complete'' New Yorker: ''Eighty Years of the Nation's Greatest Magazine''. New York: Random House.〕 the year of his death. Roger Angell recently described him as "the magazine's first genius".〔Angell, R. "Snaps: 1925-1935". ''The New Yorker'', February 23 & March 2, 2015 (''90th Anniversary Issue''), p. 20.〕 ==Biography== Arno was born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr. on January 8, 1904 in New York City. His father was Curtis Arnoux Peters, a New York State Supreme Court judge. He was educated at the Hotchkiss School and Yale University, where he contributed illustrations, covers and cartoons to ''The Yale Record'', the campus humor magazine, as "Peters".〔Arno, Peter (as "Peters") (January 17, 1923). Cover Illustration. ''The Yale Record''. New Haven: Yale Record.〕 He also formed a jazz band called the Yale Collegians, in which he played piano, banjo, and accordion.〔''Arno, Peter'' Robert C. Harvey: http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-00045.html; American National Biography Online February 2000〕 After graduation he adopted the pen name Peter Arno and joined the staff of the fledgling magazine ''The New Yorker''. The iconic cartoons and covers he created there, from 1925 through 1968, helped establish the magazine's reputation for sophisticated humor and fine illustration; they often depicting a cross-section of New York City society.〔Topliss, Iain. ''The Comic Worlds of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg.'' Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.〕〔Mankoff, Robert, ed. (2004) ''The Complete Cartoons of the'' New Yorker. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers.〕 Others were inspired by situations he encountered during his travels. Arno drew his cartoons in batches, usually over a two-day period each week.〔''Arno, Peter'' Robert C. Harvey: http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-00045.html; American National Biography Online February. 2000〕 In a famous March 1, 1941 cartoon he coined the popular expression "back to the drawing board".〔Arno, Peter (March 1, 1941). Cartoon. ''The New Yorker''. New York: Conde Nast.〕〔Mankoff, Robert, (''The Perfect Cartoon: Part Two'' ), New Yorker, June 11, 2014〕 In 1927 he married Lois Long, a popular ''New Yorker'' columnist and fashion editor who wrote under the pseudonym "Lipstick". The very embodiment of the glamorous flapper, she also wrote reviews of New York speakeasies. Their one daughter, Patricia, was born September 18, 1928, and the couple divorced in 1930. Arno later married debutante Mary Livingston Lansing in August 1935; they divorced in July 1939. After his second divorce Arno moved to a farm near Harrison, New York, where he lived in seclusion, enjoying music, guns, and sports cars.〔''Arno, Peter'' Robert C. Harvey: http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-00045.html; American National Biography Online February. 2000〕 Arno died of emphysema on February 22, 1968 at the age of 64. He is buried at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Arno」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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