William H. Conn (1895–1973) was an Irish cartoonist, illustrator, watercolourist and poster artist. The son of a lithographer, he was educated at the Ulster Provincial School, now Friends' School, Lisburn. From 1936 he was a staff artist for the Belfast Telegraph and its sports sister paper Ireland's Saturday Night, creating a regular strip, "The Doings of Larry O'Hooligan", for the latter. He drew a monthly full-page illustration (two pages in the Christmas edition) for Dublin Opinion magazine, sometimes satirical, sometimes observational scenes of rural and urban Irish life, sometimes ghostly gothic scenes, and also contributed spot cartoons. He created colour posters for Northern Ireland Railways and exhibited his watercolours and black and white drawings. He died on 25 August 1973 after a three-year illness. He was a lifelong bachelor.
W. H. Conn
"The Dance in the Old Dublin House", illustration from Dublin Opinion magazine, pre-1937
conn, william, conn, 1895, 1973, irish, cartoonist, illustrator, watercolourist, poster, artist, lithographer, educated, ulster, provincial, school, friends, school, lisburn, from, 1936, staff, artist, belfast, telegraph, sports, sister, paper, ireland, saturd. William H Conn 1895 1973 was an Irish cartoonist illustrator watercolourist and poster artist The son of a lithographer he was educated at the Ulster Provincial School now Friends School Lisburn From 1936 he was a staff artist for the Belfast Telegraph and its sports sister paper Ireland s Saturday Night creating a regular strip The Doings of Larry O Hooligan for the latter He drew a monthly full page illustration two pages in the Christmas edition for Dublin Opinion magazine sometimes satirical sometimes observational scenes of rural and urban Irish life sometimes ghostly gothic scenes and also contributed spot cartoons He created colour posters for Northern Ireland Railways and exhibited his watercolours and black and white drawings He died on 25 August 1973 after a three year illness He was a lifelong bachelor W H Conn The Dance in the Old Dublin House illustration from Dublin Opinion magazine pre 1937BornWilliam H Conn1895Belfast IrelandDied25 August 1973NationalityIrishKnown forCartooning illustration watercolours postersReferences EditThomas J Collins amp Charles E Kelly eds Fifteen Years of Dublin Opinion Dublin Opinion Ltd 1937 Theo Snoddy Dictionary of Irish Artists 20th Century Merlin Publishing 2002External links EditWorks by William H Conn at Ross s Fine Art Auctioneers This profile of a cartoonist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title W H Conn amp oldid 1082393755, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
