Background
Bonte, George Willard was born on May 16, 1873 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Edgar and Mary E. (Butterfield) Bonte.
Bonte, George Willard was born on May 16, 1873 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Edgar and Mary E. (Butterfield) Bonte.
Educated Cincinnati School of Technology, Cincinnati Art school and Art Students’ League, New York.
Joined staff Cincinnati Tribune, 1894. Outing Magazine, New York, 1896. With New York Herald, 1900-1920, art director, 1906-1920, Sunday editor, 1912-1913.
Vice president James Gordon Bennett Memorial Fund for New York Journalists. Art manager for publicity and advertising departments of Selznick Pictures Corporation, 1920-1923. Art manager Warner Brothers Motion Pictures, 1923-1931.
Member Ohio Society of New York.
Married Marie Louise Quarles, June 25, 1902.