Art Bimrose

Editorial cartoonist for the Oregonian Newspaper (1939-1983)

From 1937 to 1983, Art Brimrose worked as an editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian. During WWII, Brimrose served as a combat infantryman in the U.S. Army's 25th Division in the South Pacific. He returned to work at The Oregonian after the war and became the paper's political cartoonist in 1947. Brimrose's works reflected Northwestern concerns such as the environmental crisis, World War II, the Vietnam War, and the political landscape of the 1960s.