Stanley Meltzoff
Stanley Meltzoff (March 27, 1917 - November 9, 2006) was an American painter most known for his marine paintings.[1]
Early life and career
Born in New York City to father Nathan, a cantor at a Manhattan synagogue, Stanley Meltzoff graduated from the City College of New York and became an instructor at Pratt Institute. Serving in Italy during World War II, he was an artist and journalist for the U.S. military magazine Stars and Stripes. He also created visuals for Puptent Poets, a paperback of soldiers' verse.
Returning to New York City after the war, he spent years alternating between teaching and art before becoming a full-time illustrator in 1949.[2]
Later career
During the 1950s, Meltzoff created dozens of paperback covers for novels by Robert Heinlein and others, and did artwork for Madison Avenue advertising agencies. He painted covers and interior spreads for magazines including Life, National Geographic, The Saturday Evening Post, and The Atlantic, providing covers to Scientific American.
With the advent of low-cost color photography and reproduction in the early 1960s, Meltzoff began painting saltwater game fish in their undersea environments. His marine-life art ran in such magazines as Sports Illustrated, Field and Stream, Gray's Sporting Journal, Outdoor Life, Sporting Classics, Sports Afield, and Wildlife Art.
Perhaps his most famous artwork is the cover for the 1976 Bell System directory, commemorating both the United States Bicentennial and the centennial of the invention of the telephone. Based on Norman Rockwell's The Gossips, Meltzoff depicts America's great historical and iconic figures using the telephone. It became the biggest selling directory in the company's history. [3]
Recognition
Meltzoff's art hangs in The National Gallery and the Getty Museum.
Personal life
Meltzoff was a member of the Society of Animal Artists.[4]
Meltzoff died in 2006 at age 89.
References
- ^ Hevesi, Dennis (November 15, 2006). "Stanley Meltzoff, 89, Avid Diver Who Painted Marine Life, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2008.
- ^ Stanley Meltzoff Official Website: Biography Retrieved October 23, 2008
- ^ "The 1976 Bell System Telephone Book Cover" jklmuseum.com; retrieved 2023-09-28
- ^ Artists for Conservation Organization: Member Biography Retrieved October 23, 2008
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