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Marvin Friedman BIOGRAPHY
1930 Chester, Pennsylvania - 2012. Known for: Magazine illustration.
The following text is from the website of the artist. Marvin Friedman: "Illustration became my passion" . Wednesday, February 04, 2009. In his book Marvin Friedman, Friedman writes, "The only art I... Read full biography
The following text is from the website of the artist. Marvin Friedman: "Illustration became my passion" . Wednesday, February 04, 2009. In his book Marvin Friedman, Friedman writes, "The only art I had access to when I was a child were in the thick, thriving magazines that came in the mail. Each... Read full biography
The following text is from the website of the artist. Marvin Friedman: "Illustration became my passion" . Wednesday, February 04, 2009. In his book Marvin Friedman, Friedman writes, "The only art I had access to when I was a child were in the thick, thriving magazines that came in the mail. Each magazine had five or six pieces of fiction that needed paintings, so illustration became my passion.". Friedman studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art under Henry C. Pitz, Ben Eisenstat and... Read full biography
The following text is from the website of the artist. Marvin Friedman: "Illustration became my passion" . Wednesday, February 04, 2009. In his book Marvin Friedman, Friedman writes, "The only art I had access to when I was a child were in the thick, thriving magazines that came in the mail. Each magazine had five or six pieces of fiction that needed paintings, so illustration became my passion.". Friedman studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art under Henry C. Pitz, Ben Eisenstat and Albert Gold. "I was Norman Rockwell up until I got into school. And I saw the paintings the teachers hung up in the classroom. Ben Eisenstat was very loose and free. very impressionistic. The trees were orange and green and the faces were purple.". “We... Read full biography
The following text is from the website of the artist. Marvin Friedman: "Illustration became my passion" . Wednesday, February 04, 2009. In his book Marvin Friedman, Friedman writes, "The only art I had access to when I was a child were in the thick, thriving magazines that came in the mail. Each magazine had five or six pieces of fiction that needed paintings, so illustration became my passion.". Friedman studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art under Henry C. Pitz, Ben Eisenstat and Albert Gold. "I was Norman Rockwell up until I got into school. And I saw the paintings the teachers hung up in the classroom. Ben Eisenstat was very loose and free. very impressionistic. The trees were orange and green and the faces were purple.". “We (students) had never seen anything like that in our lives, you know? I mean, these were all just kids who had... Read full biography
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The following text is from the website of the artist.
Marvin Friedman: "Illustration became my passion"
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
In his book Marvin Friedman, Friedman writes, "The only art I had access to when I was a child were in the thick, thriving magazines that came in the mail. Each magazine had five or six pieces of fiction that needed paintings, so illustration became my passion."
Friedman studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art under Henry C. Pitz, Ben Eisenstat and Albert Gold. "I was Norman Rockwell up until I got into school. And I saw the paintings the teachers hung up in the classroom. Ben Eisenstat was very loose and free... very impressionistic. The trees were orange and green and the faces were purple."
“We (students) had never seen anything like that in our lives, you know? I mean, these were all just kids who had come to see all the naked women!"
"But I just came in and studied those things at lunch time and after school... and I just looked at it and looked at it and looked at it... and no other kids did."
"Slowly it ocurred to me that Norman Rockwell - that creating paintings like that - was outré. It just threw a fog in my eyes... that's when I started working very loose and very sketchy."
What Friedman was aiming for was a career doing double page spreads in The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal but as he describes, it would not be an easy task to reach that goal.
"When I got out of art school the first place I could get work was the Westminster Publishing House - a Christian publisher of Sunday School pamphlets," says Marvin. "I got 12 dollars and 12 cents or something like that. Everybody who graduated went after these twelve dollar pictures because there was nothing else to get in Philadelphia."
So I just did what I was doing - the same way - but people just didn't understand. The people at the Westminster Press would say, "What are you doing? What is this? Why is this street... this house so... loose and sketchy?"
"So I had to re-adjust a little... pull it in a little."Biography from the Archives of askART
Marvin Friedman exhibits a thorough knowledge of drawing in rendering the most complex subject matter with a direct reportorial manner. His color is vibrant and exciting. His control of values impressive.
Friedman was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, and his sound training was acquired at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art where he studied under Henry C. Pitz and Ben Eisenstadt.
His first published work was for a small religious publication. He is now illustrating for Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Ladies' Home Journal, PLAYBOY, Changing Times, This Week, Cavalier, Redbook, the Ford Times, Better Homes and Gardens and Family Weekly.
Submitted by Gerard Dunn, December 2003
Source:
Dictionary of American Illustrators, p. 246