Marion T. Ross
Early comic artist and children's book illustrator
M.T. Ross, who was affectionately nicknamed "Penny", was an illustrator and comic artist in the early twentieth century. He lived in Oak Park, Illinois and had his studio in downtown Chicago. He was one of the first co-workers of Walt Disney, as well as a close friend of R.F. Outcault, with whom he developed 'Buster Brown'. M.T. "Penny" Ross moved to Southern California in 1926 to work for RKO and other studios as a set designer. He created the newspaper comic 'Mamma's Angel Child' in 1908. It became extremely popular and was syndicated in 25 major newspapers nationwide for fifteen years, including the Chicago Tribune and the Baltimore American Newspaper. He illustrated children's books like 'The Flower Babies Book', 'The Flower Children', 'Butterfly Babies' (written by Elizabeth Gordon), 'Bird Children' and 'Animal Children'. He died in 1937 in Oakland, California, at age 56 from a heart attack.
Artworks by this artist (170 total)
- Flower Children pl01 1910
- Mother Earth’s children; the frolics of the fruits and vegetables Pl.51 1914
- Flower Children pl22 1910
- Flower Children pl57 1910
- Flower Children pl66 1910
- Mother Earth’s children; the frolics of the fruits and vegetables Pl.79 1914
- Mother Earth’s children; the frolics of the fruits and vegetables Pl.28 1914
- Mother Earth’s children; the frolics of the fruits and vegetables Pl.38 1914
- Flower Children pl52 1910
- Flower Children pl58 1910
- Flower Children pl71 1910
- Flower Children pl83 1910
- Mother Earth’s children; the frolics of the fruits and vegetables Pl.20 1914
- Mother Earth’s children; the frolics of the fruits and vegetables Pl.27 1914
- Flower Children pl15 1910
- Flower Children pl21 1910
- Flower Children pl28 1910
- Flower Children pl35 1910
- Flower Children pl64 1910
- Mother Earth’s children; the frolics of the fruits and vegetables Pl.08 1914