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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
Jack Wittrup - Artist Info
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Pin-Ups, Pin-Up Girls
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Illustration Specialty
- •Portrait Specialty