Johan Bull

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJohan Grønlund•Bull
Used nameJohan•Bull
Born22 November 1893 in Oslo, Oslo (NOR)
Died12 September 1945 in Stowe, Vermont (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Self-taught artist Johan Bull was born in Norway. He worked as a journalist and illustrator for Norwegian newspapers until he immigrated to the USA. He stayed there after a visit in 1925 to New York, where he illustrated sports events for the magazine “The New Yorker” but also contributed illustrations and cartoons to other magazines. During World War II, he went to Great Britain and became a well-known voice of Norway in exile. He accompanied Allied ships and aircraft and reported from them. From 1944 his health deteriorated rapidly, and he died only a year later.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Art Competitions USA Johan Bull
Painting, Unknown Event, Open (Olympic) AC
Painting, Unknown Event, Open (Olympic) AC
Painting, Unknown Event, Open (Olympic) AC