Sidney
Strube was
born in Bishopsgate, London, in 1891. He
first worked as a draughtsman for a furniture company before joining
a small advertising agency.
After studying drawing at the John
Hassall Art School he began producing cartoons.
He sold his first work to the Conservative
and Unionist
magazine in 1909, Soon afterwards he began producing a weekly cartoon
for Throne
and Country.
Strube was recruited by the Daily Express
in 1912 and stayed with the newspaper until he retired in 1948. His
cartoons were extremely popular and were syndicated world-wide. Sidney
Strube
died in 1956.
Sidney
Strube, Winston Churchill,
Daily Express (8th June, 1940)
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