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GILBERT BUNDY
Gilbert Bundy (1911–1955) was born in Centralia, Illinois, the son of an oil company scout, and was brought up in a succession of oil boom towns in Oklahoma. He eventually finished high school in Winfield, Kansas, and went to work for a Kansas City engraving company. In 1929, Bundy headed for a career in New York and began to do cartoons for the old Life and Judge magazines.
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BRADSHAW CRANDELL
Bradshaw Crandell (1896–1966) took over the Cosmopolitan cover when Harrison Fisher retired. For a period of twelve years in the thirties and forties, he did a continuing series of beautiful girls' heads in pastel for their monthly covers. Many top Hollywood stars and young starlets of that time were his models.
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KEITH FERRIS
Born in 1929, the son of a career Air Force Officer, Keith Ferris grew up with military aviation. He attended Texas A&M (Aeronautical Engineering), George Washington University and Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC. Beginning his art career as a civilian in Air Force Publications in 1947, Mr. Ferris became a freelance artist in the New York area in 1956 and a member of the Society of Illustrators in 1960.
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HAROLD FOSTER
Harold Foster (1892–982) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He then moved with his family to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1906. At the age of 18 he quit school to support his family, working as a prize-fighter, a guide in the wilds of Manitoba and a gold prospector. In 1921 Foster travelled to Chicago
on a bicycle to attend classes at the Art Institute. From there he went to
the National Academy of Design and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.
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FRANK H. NETTER, MD
Frank H. Netter (190–1991) was born in New York and grew up during the Golden Age of Illustration. He studied at the National Academy of Design, and later at the Art Students League. But his mother wanted him to be a doctor, and when she died suddenly, he resolved to give up art, and study medicine as she had wished. He graduated from City College of New York, BS 1927, and New York University Medical College, MD 1931. But the demand for his pictures far exceeded the demand for his surgery.
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ALVIN J. PIMSLER
Alvin J. Pimsler, a native New Yorker, graduated from Pratt Institute in 1941 and was then employed in the art department of the Herald Tribune. He later took a job at Bamberger's Department Store in Newark, New Jersey, until he was drafted into the army in 1941. He served until 1946. He later returned to New York where he attended the Art Students League and the National Academy School of Fine Art.
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JACK NEAL UNRUH
The art of Jack Neal Unruh (b.1935) has evolved considerably during his career, becoming increasingly linear and disciplined in drawing with more emphasis on texture and pattern. The son of an Air Force father, Unruh was born in Pretty Prairie, Kansas, and moved often during his childhood. He graduated with a B.F.A from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, having studied under Bob Cassel.
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2006 HAMILTON KING AWARD
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JOHN THOMPSON
John Thompson was born in Three Rivers, Michigan, and completed his B.F.A. from Miami University in Ohio. His first art job was with Foote, Cone and Belding in Chicago. In 1974, he was given a cover assignment for Goal Magazine, the publication for the National Hockey League, and his freelance career was launched.
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2006 DEAN CORNWELL RECOGNITION AWARD
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JILL BOSSERT
Jill Bossert is the author of Mark English; John La Gatta: An Artist’s Life; and Pro-Illustration, the three-volume series from the masters of editorial, advertising, and children’s book illustration. She has been editor of the last thirteen editions of the Society of Illustrators Annual of American Illustration. As Associate Publisher for Madison Square Press, her award-winning projects included Humor 1 and Humor 2, and The New Illustration. Her work has been published in such arts magazines as American Art Review, Graphis, Idea, and Smock. She received her Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University, where she was the Philip Guston Fellow.
(copy courtesy of Amazon.com)
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2006 ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
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NAN LEE ROBERTS
Nan Lee Roberts is an Artist member who lives at Concordia Farms on
Maryland's Eastern Shore. She is married to John Roberts who sits on the
Board of The Starr Foundation. Through their intercession both The Starr
Foundation and The Concordia Foundation have supported many important
educational initaitives for over 25 years. In an era before we had a
clue as to what fundraising really was...they cut checks.
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