Raeburn Van Buren
American illustrator, 1891–1987
Van Buren served in the old Seventh Regiment of the 27th New York Empire Division during World War I. He was the art editor of the division's magazine Gas Attack and his artwork for this magazine was recognized by the New York Times. After the war he additionally worked as a freelance illustrator for Collier's, Redbook, McCall's, The New Yorker, and Esquire.
One of Van Buren's most famous cartoon strips was Abbie an' Slats about a rural spinster raising her streetwise urban cousin. The strip ran from 1937 until Van Buren's retirement in 1971. Van Buren was also the founder of the National Society of Magazine Illustrators.
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Dutch painter, draftsman, and printmaker, 1606–1669
American author and photographer, 1880–1964
Greek artist, 1884–1965, active in the UK and the US
British Pre-Raphaelite painter, active 1902–1909
French painter, printmaker, and typographical designer, 1863–1944, active in England
English painter, illustrator, and draftsman, 1829–1904
English painter, illustrator, and etcher, 1873–1943
