Born: 1883 July 4 in San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 1970 December 7 in New York, New York, United States
Biography: Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer and inventor.
He is best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complex gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. Goldberg received many honors in his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning in 1948 and the Banshees' Silver Lady Award 1959.
Goldberg was a founding member and the first president of the National Cartoonists Society, and he is the namesake of the Reuben Award, which the organization awards to the Cartoonist of the Year. He is the inspiration for various international competitions, known as Rube Goldberg Machine Contests, which challenge participants to make a complex machine to perform a simple task.
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Name:
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Rube Goldberg
Type: Common Alternative Name
Other Names:
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Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg
Type: Name at Birth
Given name: Reuben Garrett Lucius Family name: Goldberg
Schools:
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University of California ? to ?
Signatures:
- Goldberg [generic]
- R L Goldberg [generic]
Awards:
- William Randolph Hearst Cartoon Hall of Fame - [no name]
- 1945: Sigma Delta Chi Award - Editorial Cartooning
- 1948: Pulitzer Prize - Editorial Cartoons
- 1955: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Gold T-Square Award
- 1959: Banshee's Award "Silver Lady Award" - [no name]
- 1967: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Cartoonist of the Year
- 2016: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Voter's Choices
Art Influences:
Influences by Rube Goldberg (b. 1883) were stated by:Memberships:
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Artists and Writers Club Type: member
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Dutch Treat Club Type: member
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National Cartoonists Society Type: member
Notes: Founder and first president. -
Society of Illustrators Type: member
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