Eugene Zimmerman

American cartoonist

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Eugene Zimmermann was an American cartoonist active in the late 19th century. He was known for his taste for grotesque violence and animal antics, and his work also contained elements of racism. Zimmermann, who was Swiss-born, was a prolific artist during a period of significant development in the comic strip genre, contributing to magazines like Puck and Judge. His style was influenced by German cartoonists and reflected the American artistic landscape of the time.1

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The 19th century
Howarth, Syd Griffin, and especially Eugene Zimmermann were original and prolific artists of this period. The Swiss-born Zimmermann’s taste for grotesque forms of violence, animal antics, and racism seems as much American as German.
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Howarth, Syd Griffin, and especially Eugene Zimmermann were original and prolific artists of this period. The Swiss-born Zimmermann’s taste for grotesque forms of violence, animal antics, and racism seems as much American as German.
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