A regular magazine contributor as a cartoonist, Edward Sorel has done commission work for The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, a publication for which he has created forty-five... Read full biography
A regular magazine contributor as a cartoonist, Edward Sorel has done commission work for The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, a publication for which he has created forty-five covers. He started in the industry in the 1960s when he was hired by editors of The New York Times and... Read full biography
A regular magazine contributor as a cartoonist, Edward Sorel has done commission work for The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, a publication for which he has created forty-five covers. He started in the industry in the 1960s when he was hired by editors of The New York Times and The Village Voice. He greatly disapproves of being labelled as an illustrator because the term simply suggests a hired contractor, and he regards his work as much more creative than that, especially... Read full biography
A regular magazine contributor as a cartoonist, Edward Sorel has done commission work for The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, a publication for which he has created forty-five covers. He started in the industry in the 1960s when he was hired by editors of The New York Times and The Village Voice. He greatly disapproves of being labelled as an illustrator because the term simply suggests a hired contractor, and he regards his work as much more creative than that, especially with talent needed for drawing. He says: "I never really interested myself in what constitutes fine art and what constitutes commercial art . I do what interests me." (91) In addition to cartoons, Sorel also does comic book art. One of his projects of... Read full biography
A regular magazine contributor as a cartoonist, Edward Sorel has done commission work for The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, a publication for which he has created forty-five covers. He started in the industry in the 1960s when he was hired by editors of The New York Times and The Village Voice. He greatly disapproves of being labelled as an illustrator because the term simply suggests a hired contractor, and he regards his work as much more creative than that, especially with talent needed for drawing. He says: "I never really interested myself in what constitutes fine art and what constitutes commercial art . I do what interests me." (91) In addition to cartoons, Sorel also does comic book art. One of his projects of which he is most proud is "Literary Lives" for Atlantic M... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Eyes of the Nation A Visual History of the United States
1997
Virga, Vincent/Alan Brinkley
400 pages (color)
The Art of the New Yorker 1925-1995
1995
Lorenz, Lee
200 pages (color)
Animation, Caricature...Cartoons in the U S A and Canada/A Bibliography
1994
Lent, John A
415 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Innovators of American Illustration
1986
Heller, Steven
224 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
The Art of New York
1983
Chwast, Seymour/S Heller
190 pages
Masters of Caricature From Hogarth & Gillray to Scarfe & Levine
1981
Feaver, William
240 pages (color)
The Image of America in Caricature & Cartoon (Exhibition catalog)