American Cartoonist, Sports Historian, Artist, Illustrator. Amadee Wohlschlaeger was an illustrator for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1932 until 1981, drawing the Weather Bird. He was also a cartoonist for The Sporting News. For more than 70 years he illustrated the history of sports in St Louis. In addition to the Weather Bird, he drew cartoons for the sports pages. In his lifetime, he drew many of the great American baseball players. His career spanned and drawings depicted the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Many have been exhibited in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He grew up in the Carondelet section of South St Louis, one of eight children in a German Catholic family. His father was a typesetter and newspaper printer for the Post Dispatch. Amadee joined the paper at age 14 as a copy boy. At 17, he moved to the art department. Although he never went to high school, a parish priest helped get him in to art classes at Washington University. In 1932 when the current weather bird illustrator died, he spent hours learning to draw it and got the job. After retirement, he continued to draw in his own studio and freelanced his work. In 1992 he was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
American Cartoonist, Sports Historian, Artist, Illustrator. Amadee Wohlschlaeger was an illustrator for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1932 until 1981, drawing the Weather Bird. He was also a cartoonist for The Sporting News. For more than 70 years he illustrated the history of sports in St Louis. In addition to the Weather Bird, he drew cartoons for the sports pages. In his lifetime, he drew many of the great American baseball players. His career spanned and drawings depicted the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Many have been exhibited in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He grew up in the Carondelet section of South St Louis, one of eight children in a German Catholic family. His father was a typesetter and newspaper printer for the Post Dispatch. Amadee joined the paper at age 14 as a copy boy. At 17, he moved to the art department. Although he never went to high school, a parish priest helped get him in to art classes at Washington University. In 1932 when the current weather bird illustrator died, he spent hours learning to draw it and got the job. After retirement, he continued to draw in his own studio and freelanced his work. In 1992 he was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
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