Alex Gard
| Alex Gard | |
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| Native name | Алексей Михайлович Кремков |
| Birth name | Alexei Mikhailovich Kremkov |
| Born |
June 17, 1898 Kazan, Russian Empire |
| Died | June 1, 1948 (aged 49) New York City, New York |
| Buried at | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire United States
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Russian Navy United States Navy
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| Wars |
World War I World War II |
Alex Gard (born Alexei Mikhailovich Kremkov, Russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Кремко́в; also tr. Kremkoff; June 17, 1898 – June 1, 1948) was a Russian American cartoonist. He was a regular cartoonist for newspapers, magazines and books, but is most well known for his celebrity caricatures at Sardi's restaurant in New York City.
He was born Alexei Mikhailovich Kremkov in Kazan, Russian Empire. He graduated from the naval academy in Saint Petersburg.
During World War I, he served in the Russian Navy on a destroyer.
Kremkov left Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. He traveled east through China and Japan before reaching Egypt and finally France, where his name was romanised as Alexis Michel Kremkoff. In Nice, he drew cartoons for the magazine "Sur La Riviera" and then moved to Paris, where he drew cartoons for Le Matin, Fantasio Sourire and others.
In 1924, he immigrated to New York City, where he began contributing to The New Yorker. He was a long-time contributor to the Sunday drama section of The New York Herald Tribune. He painted theater sets as well, including Nikita Baliyev's Die Fledermaus.
In 1926, he was hired to create caricatures of Broadway and other celebrities at Sardi's Restaurant in New York City. Owner Vincent Sardi and Gard drew up a contract which stated Gard would produce caricatures in exchange for one meal per day at the restaurant.
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