Awards & Winners

Daniel R. Fitzpatrick

Date of Birth 1891
Place of Birth Superior
(Douglas County, United States of America, Wisconsin)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as D. R. Fitzpatrick, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick
Profession Cartoonist
Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick was commonly known as "Daniel R. Fitzpatrick." He was a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and an editorial cartoonist for the St. Louis Dispatch from 1913 to 1958. Fitzpatrick studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1911 to 1912 he worked as a staff artist and cartoonist at the Chicago Daily News. Joining the St. Louis Post Dispatch in 1913, Fitzpatrick served as its editorial cartoonist until 1958. His work and actions received criticism. In 1940 the cartoonist and several other Post Dispatch staff members were cited with contempt of court because they criticized the dismissal of an extortion suit against a State Representative. Fitzpatrick received a ten day sentence and a $100 fine. During his lifetime, Fitzpatrick saw cartoons exhibited at the St. Louis Art Museum as well as the Moscow Museum of Modern Western Painting. In the spring of 1941 the New York City's Associated American Artists Gallery held its second exhibition of Fitzpatrick's cartoons. Washington University, in St. Louis, presented Fitzpatrick the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in 1949. Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick died on May 18, 1969.

Awards by Daniel R. Fitzpatrick

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1955


Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
(For a cartoon published on June 8, 1954 entitled, 'How Would Another Mistake Help?' showing Uncle Sam, bayoneted rifle in hand, pondering whether to wade into a black marsh bearing the legend 'French Mistakes in Indo-China.' The award is also given for distinguished body of the work of Mr. Fitzpatrick in both 1954 and his entire career.)

1926


Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
(For 'The Laws of Moses and the Laws of Today.')