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1919 - 1986 New York, New York. Known for: Illustration, portrait, figure-fantasy.
Birney Lettick became a highly-regarded, much sought after illustrator, whose career included ads and cover art for movie promotions and for Time, Colliers, National Geographic, and Reader's Digest.... Read full biography
Birney Lettick became a highly-regarded, much sought after illustrator, whose career included ads and cover art for movie promotions and for Time, Colliers, National Geographic, and Reader's Digest. He was also a painter, and created over twenty portraits of world and industry leaders for the cover... Read full biography
Birney Lettick became a highly-regarded, much sought after illustrator, whose career included ads and cover art for movie promotions and for Time, Colliers, National Geographic, and Reader's Digest. He was also a painter, and created over twenty portraits of world and industry leaders for the cover of Time Magazine, all of which are part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. His final painting before his death was a portrait of President Reagan for the cover... Read full biography
Birney Lettick became a highly-regarded, much sought after illustrator, whose career included ads and cover art for movie promotions and for Time, Colliers, National Geographic, and Reader's Digest. He was also a painter, and created over twenty portraits of world and industry leaders for the cover of Time Magazine, all of which are part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. His final painting before his death was a portrait of President Reagan for the cover of Time. Lettick was a native of Connecticut and attended Yale University Art School as a student of Josef Albers. Anatomy instruction included the dissection of cadavers. Before starting his art career, he served in World War II. From 1955 to 1970,... Read full biography
Birney Lettick became a highly-regarded, much sought after illustrator, whose career included ads and cover art for movie promotions and for Time, Colliers, National Geographic, and Reader's Digest. He was also a painter, and created over twenty portraits of world and industry leaders for the cover of Time Magazine, all of which are part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. His final painting before his death was a portrait of President Reagan for the cover of Time. Lettick was a native of Connecticut and attended Yale University Art School as a student of Josef Albers. Anatomy instruction included the dissection of cadavers. Before starting his art career, he served in World War II. From 1955 to 1970, he taught at the New Haven Art Workshop, and shortly before he died, he did a lecture tour in... Read full biography
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Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Gouache
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Photo Realism, Hyperrealism, Super Realism
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Trompe l'oeil
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Outer Space, Science Fiction
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Japan
Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators-
Art School
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, Fellowship
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators