Curated OER
How to Draw Caricatures
Caricature drawing is fun, and can help learners explore the principle of design and content specific vocabulary. They view a video and books that use character drawings, discuss vocabulary such as exaggeration, proportion, and symmetry,...
Library of Congress
Loc: Caroline and Erwin Swann Memorial Exhibition Overview
Library of Congress online exhibition overview of the Swann Memorial Exhibition which presents political and historical images, such as caricatures, political cartoons, animation art and illustrations that have the power to evoke...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Libraries:celebrity Caricature
Online exhibit of caricatures of national celebrities from all walks of life.
Library of Congress
Loc: Monstrous Craws & Character Flaws
This Library of Congress exhibition overview shows a representative example of cartoons and caricatures from the late 18th century to present time.
Library of Congress
Loc: Arthur Szyk: Artist for Freedom
A great biographical site on the caricaturist and cartoonist Arthur Szyk (1894-1951 CE). There are nice images of religious, war, political and personal caricatures.
Library of Congress
Loc: Stagestruck! Performing Arts Caricatures
A short overview of the coming of age of the caricature during the early twentieth century. Exhibition was in the Library of Congress Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon from November 1998 to April 1999.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Miguel Covarrubias
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Miguel Covarrubias is described here along with information on his contributions to art through caricatures.