Background
Pease, Lucius Curtis was born on March 27, 1869 in Winnemucca, Nevada, United States. Son of Lucius Curtis and Mary Isabel (Hutton) Pease.
Pease, Lucius Curtis was born on March 27, 1869 in Winnemucca, Nevada, United States. Son of Lucius Curtis and Mary Isabel (Hutton) Pease.
Graduate Malone (New York) Academy, 1887.
Began as rancher, Santa Barbara County, California, 1887. Prospector and gold miner including 5 years in Alaska. Yukon-Nome correspondent Seattle-Post-Intelligencer, 1897-1901.
United States commissioner Kotzebue Sound-Point Hope District, Alaska, 1901-1902. Political cartoonist and reporter Portland Oregonian, 1902-1905. Editor in chief Pacific Monthly, Portland, Oregon, 1906-1913.
Political cartoonist Newark (New Jersey) Evening News, 1914-1954. Painter of portraits and landscapes. Exhibited at National Academy, National Arts Club, New New York Winner of Pulitzer prize for cartoons, 1949.
Clubs: Newark Art.
Married Nell Christmas McMullin, June 22, 1905.