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Fred Irvin BIOGRAPHY
Born 1914 Chillicothe, Missouri. Known for: Magazine and advertisement illustrator.
Fred Irvin is a realistic illustrator who did magazine covers, advertisements, and story illustrations during the 1940s and 1950s, and moved to animation in the 1970s. Born in Chillicothe, Missouri,... Read full biography
Fred Irvin is a realistic illustrator who did magazine covers, advertisements, and story illustrations during the 1940s and 1950s, and moved to animation in the 1970s. Born in Chillicothe, Missouri, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute in 1935, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts the... Read full biography
Fred Irvin is a realistic illustrator who did magazine covers, advertisements, and story illustrations during the 1940s and 1950s, and moved to animation in the 1970s. Born in Chillicothe, Missouri, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute in 1935, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts the following year. His career as an illustrator brought him to New York in 1940, where he began his professional career. During World War II he served in visual aids unit of the army, and was stationed on the... Read full biography
Fred Irvin is a realistic illustrator who did magazine covers, advertisements, and story illustrations during the 1940s and 1950s, and moved to animation in the 1970s. Born in Chillicothe, Missouri, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute in 1935, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts the following year. His career as an illustrator brought him to New York in 1940, where he began his professional career. During World War II he served in visual aids unit of the army, and was stationed on the island of Saipan. After his discharge in 1946, he continued to live and work in New York, illustrating magazine serials such as "Secrets of the Scotland Yard," and producing covers and inside work for American Weekly, VFW, and Elks magazines, among... Read full biography
Fred Irvin is a realistic illustrator who did magazine covers, advertisements, and story illustrations during the 1940s and 1950s, and moved to animation in the 1970s. Born in Chillicothe, Missouri, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute in 1935, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts the following year. His career as an illustrator brought him to New York in 1940, where he began his professional career. During World War II he served in visual aids unit of the army, and was stationed on the island of Saipan. After his discharge in 1946, he continued to live and work in New York, illustrating magazine serials such as "Secrets of the Scotland Yard," and producing covers and inside work for American Weekly, VFW, and Elks magazines, among others. During the 1960s, he relocated with his family to Santa Barbara, Cal... Read full biography
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Fred Irvin is a realistic illustrator who did magazine covers, advertisements, and story illustrations during the 1940s and 1950s, and moved to animation in the 1970s. Born in Chillicothe, Missouri, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute in 1935, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts the following year. His career as an illustrator brought him to New York in 1940, where he began his professional career.
During World War II he served in visual aids unit of the army, and was stationed on the island of Saipan. After his discharge in 1946, he continued to live and work in New York, illustrating magazine serials such as "Secrets of the Scotland Yard," and producing covers and inside work for ...But wait, there's more...
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