A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant

Overview

Patrick Oliphant was a formidable giant slayer, boldly challenging presidents, popes, and the American corporate elite with his powerful illustrations. An Australian by birth, Oliphant emerged as America’s most celebrated and feared political cartoonist over a span of fifty years. Armed with sharp humor and exceptional artistic talent, he relentlessly exposed the corruption, collusion, greed, hypocrisy, and arrogance of his subjects, regardless of their stature or influence.