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Jack Wittrup BIOGRAPHY
1912 - 1987. Known for: Portrait, illustrator-pin-up girls.
The following biography has been provided by James Shilling of Knox, Indiana: . Jack Wittrup. Jack Shilling Wittrup, the illustrator and portrait artist, was my first cousin. We have several of his... Read full biography
The following biography has been provided by James Shilling of Knox, Indiana: . Jack Wittrup. Jack Shilling Wittrup, the illustrator and portrait artist, was my first cousin. We have several of his original oil paintings, including the ones of his mother, his sister, and our children. He preferred... Read full biography
The following biography has been provided by James Shilling of Knox, Indiana: . Jack Wittrup. Jack Shilling Wittrup, the illustrator and portrait artist, was my first cousin. We have several of his original oil paintings, including the ones of his mother, his sister, and our children. He preferred to be remembered as a portrait artist, rather than an illustrator of pin-up girls! We have never seen any of his work signed "John Shilling", but it is possible that he did this. Jack Wittrup, born... Read full biography
The following biography has been provided by James Shilling of Knox, Indiana: . Jack Wittrup. Jack Shilling Wittrup, the illustrator and portrait artist, was my first cousin. We have several of his original oil paintings, including the ones of his mother, his sister, and our children. He preferred to be remembered as a portrait artist, rather than an illustrator of pin-up girls! We have never seen any of his work signed "John Shilling", but it is possible that he did this. Jack Wittrup, born October 16, 1912, began his artistic career at age 11, when he began selling editorial cartoons to newspapers in his hometown of Chicago. He received his art education at the Chicago Art Institute, the American Academy of Art, the Chicago Academy of... Read full biography
The following biography has been provided by James Shilling of Knox, Indiana: . Jack Wittrup. Jack Shilling Wittrup, the illustrator and portrait artist, was my first cousin. We have several of his original oil paintings, including the ones of his mother, his sister, and our children. He preferred to be remembered as a portrait artist, rather than an illustrator of pin-up girls! We have never seen any of his work signed "John Shilling", but it is possible that he did this. Jack Wittrup, born October 16, 1912, began his artistic career at age 11, when he began selling editorial cartoons to newspapers in his hometown of Chicago. He received his art education at the Chicago Art Institute, the American Academy of Art, the Chicago Academy of Art and the University of Wisconsin. From the University of Wisconsin he was called into the Army Air Force, where he... Read full biography
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The following biography has been provided by James Shilling of Knox, Indiana:
Jack Wittrup
Jack Shilling Wittrup, the illustrator and portrait artist, was my first cousin. We have several of his original oil paintings, including the ones of his mother, his sister, and our children. He preferred to be remembered as a portrait artist, rather than an illustrator of pin-up girls! We have never seen any of his work signed "John Shilling", but it is possible that he did this.
Jack Wittrup, born October 16, 1912, began his artistic career at age 11, when he began selling editorial cartoons to newspapers in his hometown of Chicago.
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