Leon Kuhn
Leon Kuhn (1954 – 2013 [1]) was an anti-war[2] political cartoonist[3] who created topical parodies in the United Kingdom and was listed as an initial supporter of Artists against the War.[4]
In 1968, when he was 14 years old, Leon won first place in the Sunday Observer's national political cartoon competition.[5] With Colin Gill in 2005 he co-authored the book Topple the Mighty "about knocking down statues of unpopular leaders".[6] The book's foreword was by George Galloway, who Kuhn helped during the 2005 United Kingdom general election.[6] Some of his work was used by Respect – The Unity Coalition from 2005 to 2008 and by the Stop the War Coalition from 2007 onwards.[7] His Statue of Liberty work was used in the film Children of Men.[8]
Selected works
[edit]- Big Bang for Bureaucrats: Incorporating an Activist's Anti-nuclear Primer by Leon Kuhn (11 Nov 1983; Burning Issues Ltd; ISBN 978-0-9509045-0-4)
- Statue of Liberty or how the rest of the world sees America. Postcard, 2004
- Topple the Mighty by Leon Kuhn and Colin Gill. (2005, Friction; ISBN 978-0-9549507-4-3)
- Off/On. Postcard, 2009
Citations
[edit]- ^ Bird, Chris (20 December 2013). "Leon Kuhn, anti-war and political cartoonist: 1954-2013". Counterfire.
- ^ Dalton, Paisley (7 January 2008). "Anarchy Goes Etablissement". Zeitgeistworld. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
two infinitely more powerful paintings by celebrated anti-war cartoonist Leon Kuhn- The Proud Parents and 3 Guilty Men
- ^ Labour Research Department; Fabian Research Department (2005). Labour research. Vol. 4. Labour Research Dept. p. 27. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
Topple the mighty
- ^ "aims". Artists Against the War. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ MAD DOGS video at 40 seconds
- ^ a b Stothard, Peter (26 September 2005). "WBLG: Topple the mighty". The Times. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ stopwar.org.uk's search results for kuhn
- ^ Children of Men (Motion picture). 22 September 2006.
"STATUE OF LIBERTY" BY LEON KUHN © 2006. USED BY PERMISSION.
References
[edit]- MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN, THE ART OF LEON KUHN. Dawit Smallmoney. 1 March 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.[dead YouTube link] - 11 minute film introducing his political cartoons and activism
External links
[edit]- Leon Kuhn's website archived
- A collection of Leon Kuhn's cartoons at www.SpideredNews.com
- Obituary in Socialist Worker.
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