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Edward Gorey BIOGRAPHY
1925 - 2000. Known for: Macabre cartoon illustration, writing.
The following biography has excerpts from the obituary of the artist published in the The New York Times, 10/16/2000:. By MEL GUSSOW. After Edward Gorey died in April, Andreas Brown, one of the... Read full biography
The following biography has excerpts from the obituary of the artist published in the The New York Times, 10/16/2000:. By MEL GUSSOW. After Edward Gorey died in April, Andreas Brown, one of the executors of his estate, visited Gorey's 200-year-old 15-room house in Yarmouth Port, Mass. Mr. Brown... Read full biography
The following biography has excerpts from the obituary of the artist published in the The New York Times, 10/16/2000:. By MEL GUSSOW. After Edward Gorey died in April, Andreas Brown, one of the executors of his estate, visited Gorey's 200-year-old 15-room house in Yarmouth Port, Mass. Mr. Brown began searching through closets, crannies in Gorey's words, "beneath the floor, behind the door" and possibly up the chimney. Amid the cosmic disarray, he discovered hundreds of stories and sketches,... Read full biography
The following biography has excerpts from the obituary of the artist published in the The New York Times, 10/16/2000:. By MEL GUSSOW. After Edward Gorey died in April, Andreas Brown, one of the executors of his estate, visited Gorey's 200-year-old 15-room house in Yarmouth Port, Mass. Mr. Brown began searching through closets, crannies in Gorey's words, "beneath the floor, behind the door" and possibly up the chimney. Amid the cosmic disarray, he discovered hundreds of stories and sketches, some finished, some unfinished, left behind by this grand master of the macabre. This is, Mr. Brown said, a trove of Goreyiana, with ample material for many future books and for plays based on his work. On one trip to the Gorey house, he was accompanied... Read full biography
The following biography has excerpts from the obituary of the artist published in the The New York Times, 10/16/2000:. By MEL GUSSOW. After Edward Gorey died in April, Andreas Brown, one of the executors of his estate, visited Gorey's 200-year-old 15-room house in Yarmouth Port, Mass. Mr. Brown began searching through closets, crannies in Gorey's words, "beneath the floor, behind the door" and possibly up the chimney. Amid the cosmic disarray, he discovered hundreds of stories and sketches, some finished, some unfinished, left behind by this grand master of the macabre. This is, Mr. Brown said, a trove of Goreyiana, with ample material for many future books and for plays based on his work. On one trip to the Gorey house, he was accompanied by Kevin McDermott, a producer and actor who has been involved in several theatrical anthologies of Gorey's wor... Read full biography
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The following biography has excerpts from the obituary of the artist published in the The New York Times, 10/16/2000:
By MEL GUSSOW
After Edward Gorey died in April, Andreas Brown, one of the executors of his estate, visited Gorey's 200-year-old 15-room house in Yarmouth Port, Mass. Mr. Brown began searching through closets, crannies in Gorey's words, "beneath the floor, behind the door" and possibly up the chimney. Amid the cosmic disarray, he discovered hundreds of stories and sketches, some finished, some unfinished, left behind by this grand master of the macabre.
This is, Mr. Brown said, a trove of Goreyiana, with ample material for many future books and for plays based on his work.
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