- Albert Dorne
Albert Dorne (
February 7 ,1906 -December 15 ,1965 ) was an AmericanIllustrator .He was born in the slums of
New York City 's East Side, and had a troubled childhood plagued withtuberculosis and heart problems. [Watson, E.W.(May 1943). Albert Dorne. American Artist, V.7,#5, p. 13.] He would cut classes to study art in the museums, eventually quitting school altogether to support his family. After numerous jobs and a short professional boxing career, he began working in advertising. [Watson, Dorne. p. 13.]He apprenticed as a letterer with then-letterer and future prominent illustrator Saul Tepper before beginning a five-year stint at the commercial art studio of Alexander Rice. [Watson, Dorne. p. 13.] He left the studio to begin a freelance career and soon his illustrations started appearing in such magazines as "Life", "Collier's" and "
The Saturday Evening Post " and by 1943 was featured on the cover of 'American Artist' magazine, recognized as 'one of the best and highest paid in the field of advertising illustration.' [Watson, Dorne. p. 13.]In 1948 Dorne conceived the idea of a correspondence school for art, and recruited eleven other well-known artists and illustrators, including
Norman Rockwell , to found theFamous Artists School .Awards
*President, New York Society of Illustrators (1947-48)
*Co-founder of the Code of Ethics and Fair Practices of the Profession fo Commercial Art and Illustration.
*Gold Medal for 'distinguished career', New York Art Directors Club, 1953
* Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Adelphi College, 1958
* Horatio Alger Award for Achievement, American Schools and Colleges Association Inc., 1963
Footnotes
References
* [http://www.juke-box.dk/gert-dorne.htm Albert Dorne biography] - retrieved
July 29 2006 *The Illustrator in America - 1900-1966, Reed, Walt, Reinhold Publishing Company, New York, 1966.
External links
* [http://digital.library.unt.edu/search/?q=Albert+Dorne&t=fulltext Albert Dorne posters] , hosted by the [http://digital.library.unt.edu/ University of North Texas Libraries Digital Collections]
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