Ralph Steadman: Artist/Cartoonist

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Ralph Steadman was born in 1936. He started as a cartoonist and through the years diversified into many fields of creativity. He has illustrated such classics as ' Alice in Wonderland', 'Treasure Island' and 'Animal Farm'.

His own books include the lives of Sigmund Freud and Leonardo da Vinci and 'The Big I Am', the story of God. With American writer Hunter S. Thompson he collaborated in the birth of GONZO journalism, the definitive book in the genre being 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas', which was made into a feature film. He is also a printmaker. His prints include a series of etchings on writers from William Shakespeare to... (full biography)