John Olaf Todahl

[3][4] John Olaf Todahl traveled throughout his career, living on both coasts of the United States.

He moved to the East Coast of the United States between 1911 and 1913, settling in Connecticut with his wife, Margery Todahl Blokhine, and daughter, Virginia (born 1919).

He did a second cover for the Red Cross in August 1918, a soldier carrying a wounded military service dog.

He struck a friendship with William Washburn Nutting (1884-1924) an author for whom he illustrated the book Cinderellas of the Fleet [8] and the two traveled together to Norway in 1924.

This final artistic voyage, on a ship named Leiv Eriksson, ended in a combination of seaborne ice and a winter hurricane sometime between August and November 1924.

A painting in the New York Tribune to illustrate a marine battle during World War I by artist John Olaf Todahl, published February 6, 1919. Originally in color, but in black and white here due to its preservation.
John Olaf Todahl's most commonly reproduced work today, the cover of Red Cross Magazine, issue May 1918.
Caricature of John Olaf Todahl for the Seattle Cartoonists' Club 1911 book featuring prominent men of Seattle . Artists drew themselves as pirates.