WERTHMAN William C.

WERTHMAN William C.

“Art must be an expression of its time as seen by the artist himself. Our Canadian cartoonists have presented a remarkably true and unprejudiced account of political economic and cultural development.”                                                            The Hecklers: 253.

Born in Germany, he immigrated to Newfoundland in 1951.

He became the editorial cartoonist for the Evening Telegram [St John’s] from 1955 to 1959. H e moved to New Brunswick in 1963 and joined The Fredericton Gleaner staying there till 1970. He also contributed cartoons to the Citizen [Ottawa].

During Centennial Year 1967, he produced Canada In Cartoon which appears to have been the first book to attempt to portray the history of Canadian editorial cartooning and he illustrated the Story of Canada Series booklets 7,8,9 and,10 published by Brunswick Press.

WORK:

EDITOR:

BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:

Content cartoon editorial:

Canada In Cartoon. New Brunswick Press, 1967.

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOKLET TEXT GRAPHIC:

Content history & Cover book front:

Canadian Prime Ministers: The First Hundred Years. Writ., J.R.H. Wilbur. Brunswick Press,1967.

Canadian Explorers: They Found a Continent. Writ., J.R.H. Wilbur. Brunswick Press,1967.

Canadian Settlers: The Birth of a Nation. Writ., J.R.H. Wilbur. Brunswick Press,1967.

Canadian Indians: The Ways Of The Wild. Writ., J.R.H. Wilbur. Brunswick Press,1967.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 253.

GALLERY:

Map Description automatically generated Canadian Prime Ministers: The First Hundred Years. 1967: Front cover.

Text Description automatically generatedCanadian Prime Ministers: The First Hundred Years. 1967: 7-8.

A picture containing text, book Description automatically generatedCanadian Explorers: They Found a Continent. 1967: Front cover.

A picture containing text Description automatically generatedCanadian Explorers: They Found a Continent. 1967: 11-12.                                              Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean.