John Decker (artist)

Leopold von der Decken was born in Berlin, Germany. As a teenager, he lived in London, painting scenery in theatres; this was interrupted by the advent of the First World War, when he was arrested as an enemy alien and interned on the Isle of Man. In 1921, he changed his name to John Decker and emigrated to America, Decker's grandfather Graf Georg von der Decken was a member of the German Reichstag. Like his grandson, George was an artist and created huge oil paintings of his castle, paintings for the neighbouring church, and carved wooden sculptures. by John Decker ==Gallery==

The Silver Screen, caricature studies of Hollywood actors and actresses of the 1920s and 1930s to a mural decoration 1941: File:John Decker (1895-1947) Wilshire Bowl Restaurant mural design study sketch Silver Screen 01 Caricatures of Hollywood actors 1920s-1930s. Perils of Pauline - Keystone Cops. Original Smithsonian Institution Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.jpg|Ford Sterling, Ben Turpin, Mack Sennett, Pearl White, Chester Conklin, Paul Panzer, and more File:John Decker (1895-1947) Wilshire Bowl Restaurant mural design study sketch Silver Screen 1941 02 Caricatures of Hollywood actors 1920s-1930s. Original from Smithsonian Institution. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel Lloyd etc.jpg|Buster Keaton, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Harold Clayton Lloyd, Francis X. Bushman, Carmel Myers, William Surrey Hart, Gloria Swanson, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Peggy Montgomery File:John Decker (1895-1947) Wilshire Bowl Restaurant mural design study sketch Silver Screen 1941 03 Caricatures of Hollywood actors 1920s-1930s. Original Smithsonian from Institution. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel Chaplin Valentino.jpg|Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, John Barrymore, Will Rogers, Colleen Moore, Chester Morris, Rod La Rocque, and Nita Naldi John Decker (1895-1947) Wilshire Bowl Restaurant mural design study Silver Screen 1941 04 Caricatures Hollywood actors 1920s-1930s Original Smithsonian Institution Digitally enhanced by rawpixel Garbo West Fields Gable etc.jpg|Bob Hope, Joe E. Brown, Charles Winninger, Charles Boyer, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Humphrey Bogart, William Claude Fields, Mae West, and Roland Young ==References==