Background
Seibel, Frederick Otto was born on October 8, 1886 in Durhamville, Oneida County, New York, United States. Son of Carl Theodore and Clara Dorothy (Felter) Seibel.
Seibel, Frederick Otto was born on October 8, 1886 in Durhamville, Oneida County, New York, United States. Son of Carl Theodore and Clara Dorothy (Felter) Seibel.
Education high school, Oneida, New York, 1902-1905, Art Students’ League, New York City, 1905-1907. Studied under Kenyon Cox, Howard Pyle, Frank Vincent DuMond, Albert Sterner.
Began as commercial artist, 1911. With advertising agency, Utica, New York, 1912-1915. Cartoonist with Utica Herald-Dispatch, 1915.
Staff cartoonist Albany Knickerbocker Press, 1916-1926.
News cartoonist Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch, 1926-1968. Received Harmon award for cartoons, 1928.
Member National Cartoonist Society (charter), Association American. Mason (32 degree, Shriner). Club: Virginia Press (charter).
Married Edna M. Anderson, January 21, 1914.