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1914 Romania - 1999 New York City. Known for: Droll surreal, caricature, graphics.
Born in Romania, Saul Steinberg lived most of his life in New York, becoming a well known 20th-century comic illustrator and philosopher, who used a variety of mediums including collage and mural... Read full biography
Born in Romania, Saul Steinberg lived most of his life in New York, becoming a well known 20th-century comic illustrator and philosopher, who used a variety of mediums including collage and mural painting. He is perhaps most famous for his poster of the New Yorker whose shortsighted view of the... Read full biography
Born in Romania, Saul Steinberg lived most of his life in New York, becoming a well known 20th-century comic illustrator and philosopher, who used a variety of mediums including collage and mural painting. He is perhaps most famous for his poster of the New Yorker whose shortsighted view of the world causes the cityscape of Manhattan to be the landmark from which everything else recedes. He studied at the University of Bucharest and the Reggio Politecnico in Milan, earning a doctoral degree in... Read full biography
Born in Romania, Saul Steinberg lived most of his life in New York, becoming a well known 20th-century comic illustrator and philosopher, who used a variety of mediums including collage and mural painting. He is perhaps most famous for his poster of the New Yorker whose shortsighted view of the world causes the cityscape of Manhattan to be the landmark from which everything else recedes. He studied at the University of Bucharest and the Reggio Politecnico in Milan, earning a doctoral degree in architecture in 1940, but he never designed a single building. He had drawings featured regularly in Italian weeklies, and they like the ones he later did in the United States were popular for their doodling, rococo style and tongue in cheek... Read full biography
Born in Romania, Saul Steinberg lived most of his life in New York, becoming a well known 20th-century comic illustrator and philosopher, who used a variety of mediums including collage and mural painting. He is perhaps most famous for his poster of the New Yorker whose shortsighted view of the world causes the cityscape of Manhattan to be the landmark from which everything else recedes. He studied at the University of Bucharest and the Reggio Politecnico in Milan, earning a doctoral degree in architecture in 1940, but he never designed a single building. He had drawings featured regularly in Italian weeklies, and they like the ones he later did in the United States were popular for their doodling, rococo style and tongue in cheek commentary. In 1941, he fled fascist Italy for the United States but was sent to Santo Domingo because the quota for Rumanians was filled. From t... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Caricatures
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Long Island, New York
Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •First National Bank of Chicago Collection
- •Hallmark Cards, Inc.
- •Sara Roby Foundation
- •Susan & Herbert Adler Collection
Added Description
- •Caricature Specialty
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
- •LIFE Magazine Featured Artist
- •Mural Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •THE NEW YORKER Magazine Illustration, Cartoon or Photography
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art