"Melle by Bernat's sons. Enric Bernat Enric Bernat (, October 20, 1923 – December 27, 2003) was the founder of the Chupa Chups lollipop company. Bernat was the child of a confectioner Catalan family in the third generation and started his working life in his parents' cake shop. In the early 1950s he went to north Spain to revive an apple jam factory. As he introduced later his idea of lollipops to the investors, they left. Bernat took over the company in 1958 and renamed it to Chupa Chups. In 1969 Salvador Dalí was paid a fortune to do the"
"Philippe Fix Philippe Fix (born May 1, 1937 in Grendelbruch, Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France) is a French illustrator and author of children's books. He studied Decorative Arts in Strasbourg at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.<br> In 1963 he created the comic character Chouchou for the magazine Salut les copains. The magazine Chouchou was founded specifically for the character in 1964, and in the same year it appeared as a ""singer"" on two CDs with the voice of Jean-Jacques Debout at higher speed, including one song ""La mascotte des copains"" with Fix's lyrics. In"
"Seymour Chwast Seymour Chwast (born August 18, 1931) is an American graphic designer, illustrator, and type designer for Seth Swerine. Chwast was born in the Bronx, New York City, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cooper Union in 1951. With Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel, and Reynold Ruffins, he founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. The bi-monthly publication ""The Push Pin Graphic"" was a product of their collaboration.Chwast is famous for his commercial artwork, which includes posters, food packaging, magazine covers, and publicity art. Often referred to as ""the left-handed designer,"" Chwast's unique graphic design melded social commentary"
"Wesley Morse Wesley Morse (June 17, 1897 – June 20, 1963) was an American cartoonist who is most famous for his creation of the ""Bazooka Joe"" comic strip for the bubble gum company Topps in 1953. He also created the Copa girl, which was the basis for the Copacabana logo. Born Wesley Cherry Morse in Chicago in 1897, the son of Charles and Fanny Cherry (1870–1946), Wesley Morse eventually settled in New York City. In 1918, Morse joined the Army, spending a year in France in a field artillery battery.<ref name=""Morse/Taylor""></ref> Following his experience overseas Morse returned to New York,"
"Charles Thorson Charles Gustav Thorson (29 August 1890 – 7 August 1966) was a Canadian political cartoonist, character designer, children's book author and illustrator. Thorson is best known as the man who designed and named Bugs Bunny. Thorson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, of Icelandic descent. Politician Joseph Thorson was his older brother. From 1935 to 1945, Thorson worked in American animation studios, including The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. He created hundreds of cartoon characters, including Snow White, Elmer Fudd, Little Hiawatha, Sniffles the Mouse, 'Inki and the Mynah', The Lady Known as Lou, and Twinkletoes. In"
"Chuck Jones Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, filmmaker, cartoonist, author, artist, and screenwriter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" shorts. He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig, Michigan J. Frog, the Three Bears, and a slew of other Warner characters. After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions, and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,"
"Percy Crosby Percy Lee Crosby (December 8, 1891 – December 8, 1964) was an American author, illustrator and cartoonist best known for his comic strip ""Skippy"". Adapted into movies, a novel and a radio show, Crosby's creation was commemorated on a 1997 U.S. Postal Service stamp. An inspiration for Charles Schulz's ""Peanuts"", the strip is regarded by comics historian Maurice Horn as a ""classic... which innovated a number of sophisticated and refined touches used later by Charles Schulz and Bill Watterson."" Humorist Corey Ford, writing in ""Vanity Fair"", praised the strip as ""America's most important contribution to humor of the"
"Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center is a museum dedicated to the works of Charles M. Schulz, creator of the ""Peanuts"" comic strip. The museum opened on August 17, 2002, and is in Santa Rosa, California. The museum is home to many of the original ""Peanuts"" strips, as well as other artwork by Schulz. Two works by Japanese artist Yoshiteru Otani dominate the Great Hall: a 3.5 ton wood sculpture depicting the evolution of Snoopy and a high ceramic mural made of 3,588 ""Peanuts"" strips which combine to form the image"
"John Chervokas John V. Chervokas (1936 – July 23, 2011) was an American advertising writer and executive. Chervokas created the Charmin's Mr. Whipple ad campaign, and wrote and coined the tagline, ""Please don't squeeze the Charmin"", which is used by the character in the television commercial. Chervokas was born in 1936 in Norwood, Massachusetts. He received his bachelor's degree in 1959 from Fordham University. Chervokas went to work in the advertising industry following his graduation from college. In 1964, while working for Benton & Bowles, Chevokas wrote the Mr. Whipple commercial and created the character's iconic plea to grocery shoppers,"
"Ira Schnapp Ira Schnapp (October 10, 1894 – July 24, 1969) was a logo designer and letterer who brought his classic and art deco design styles to DC Comics (then National Comics) beginning with the redesign of the ""Superman"" logo in 1940. He did a great deal of logo and lettering work for the company in the 1940s. Around 1949, he joined the staff as their in-house logo, cover lettering and house-ad designer and letterer, and continued in that role until about 1967. Schnapp was born in the small town of Sassow, Austria, then in the province of Galacia, part"
"and its first season contained songs from throughout Zappa's career including ""Peaches en Regalia"" and ""Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance."" In early 2006, Csupó bought a house in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. Gábor Csupó Gábor Csupó (; ; born September 29, 1952) is a Hungarian-American animator, writer, director, producer and graphic designer. He is co-founder of the animation studio Klasky Csupo, which has produced shows like ""Rugrats"", ""Duckman"", and ""Aaahh!!! Real Monsters"". Csupó was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1952. After four years at the Pannónia Filmstúdió animation studios, Csupó emigrated to the West in 1975. While working in"
"show Tic Tac Dough in 1985. Lawrence Gipe Lawrence Gipe (born 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland), is an American painter. He is currently an Assistant Professor in 2D Studies at the University of Arizona. Gipe derives his paintings from an “irredeemable” image pool of ideological photographs. Since the 1980s, every work has come from an archive of propaganda tracts, social realist photography books and other art “approved” by politically driven authorities. Appropriating imagery from photo journals and magazines from the 1930s to the 1970s, his paintings translate small black and white images into large, visually seductive color works. Radically severed from"
"of complications of Parkinson's disease on July 23, 2011, at the age of 74. He was survived by his wife, Roseanna; daughter, Jessica; two sons, Josh and Jason; and three grandchildren. John Chervokas John V. Chervokas (1936 – July 23, 2011) was an American advertising writer and executive. Chervokas created the Charmin's Mr. Whipple ad campaign, and wrote and coined the tagline, ""Please don't squeeze the Charmin"", which is used by the character in the television commercial. Chervokas was born in 1936 in Norwood, Massachusetts. He received his bachelor's degree in 1959 from Fordham University. Chervokas went to work in"
"million (€8.9 million). Duchamp works Essays by Duchamp General resources Audio and video Marcel Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (; ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art, although he was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century,"
"as a designer and cartoonist in 1939, publishing caricatures and editorial cartoons in newspapers. 1949 brought his debut in the film industry with ""Punguţa cu doi bani"" (Bag with two coins). Since 1950 he started working for Studioul Cinematografic Bucureşti (Cinematographic Studio Bucharest) in the animation department, that later broke into a separate animation studio, Animafilm. His most known cartoon character is a little black and white man sometimes referred to as ""Gopo's Little Man"" after his creator. Later in his life Popescu-Gopo confessed that he tried to start an ""anti-Disney rebellion"". Unable to surpass Disney's animation characters in color"
"Charles Kuhn Charles Harris Kuhn (March 20, 1892 – 1989), nicknamed Doc Kuhn, was a cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip ""Grandma"". He usually signed his drawings and comic strips Chas. Kuhn. Born in Prairie City, Illinois, he was the son of James B. and Minnie Harris Kuhn. His father ran a restaurant and proudly displayed his son's drawings in the eatery's window. At age 12, he decided to become a cartoonist when the sale of his first cartoon brought him 50 cents. Kuhn grew up in Bushnell, Illinois, and later remarked, ""I hope some of"
"Milt Neil Milt Neil (May 30, 1914 - October 18, 1997), sometimes known as ""the Duck Man"", was an American animator, toy designer and comics artist. . Milt Neil was born in New Jersey in 1914. He worked for Disney Studios from 1935 to 1944. He worked on ""Fantasia"", ""Dumbo"", ""Saludos Amigos"", and ""The Three Caballeros"". After leaving Disney he briefly worked for Walter Lantz. He was also active in advertising and redesigned the two mascots of Pea Soup Andersen's. They received their permanent names Hap-Pea and Pea-Wee through a contest. Neil became involved with the children's show ""Howdy Doody"","
"Reynold Ruffins Reynold Ruffins (born 1930) is an African American painter, illustrator, and graphic designer. With Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel, and Seymour Chwast, Ruffins founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. An illustrator of more than twenty children's books, Ruffins is known for his ""stylistic versatility, vibrant colors, and penchant for fanciful creatures."" He has had many solo exhibitions and been part of group show exhibitions at Paris' Musée du Louvre, and in Milan, Bologna, and Tokyo. Ruffins attended the High School of Music & Art in New York City and Cooper Union. In 1954, he co-founded Push Pin Studios with"
"El Xupet Negre El Xupet Negre (""The Black Pacifier"") is a graffiti artist from Barcelona, Spain, who has painted a black pacifier/dummy logo since 1989. His biggest influence was mainly his family, art from all times, graphic design, all information that is around, traffic signs, and brands. Starting in 1991, El Xupet Negre painted 'Black Dummies' all over the city and everyone wondered who painted it and what was its meaning. This was the year he began to appear in magazines and in TV in Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, and US. In 1998 he began to paint and sell"
"that new ones continued to appear for years after he died. Before marrying Lucy Olsen (1910–1951) in 1944, Morse dated extensively, including relationships with Ruby Keeler, Avonne Taylor, and Barbara Stanwyck. He had a son, Talley Morse, who was the inspiration for many of the ""Bazooka Joe"" strips. Wesley Morse Wesley Morse (June 17, 1897 – June 20, 1963) was an American cartoonist who is most famous for his creation of the ""Bazooka Joe"" comic strip for the bubble gum company Topps in 1953. He also created the Copa girl, which was the basis for the Copacabana logo. Born Wesley"
"Susumu Matsushita Susumu Matsushita (松下進 ""Matsushita Susumu"", born February 6, 1950 in Fussa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist known for his unique American comic–influenced design. His most famous works are the designing of the mascot ""Neppe"" of ""Orix Buffaloes"", ""Motor Toon Grand Prix"", ""Hudson's Adventure Island series"", ""Monkey Magic"" and the """" concept arts. Matsushita's illustrations have frequently appeared in video game magazines including the creation of numerous covers for publications such as ""Famitsu"" (for which Matsushita has designed the mascot, the Fox). Matsushita is also responsible for creating the mascots of numerous Famitsu spinoff magazines including: In addition"
"Frank Wright Jr. Frank Boggs Wright Jr. (18 November 1912 – 21 February 2008) was an American commercial artist whose career extended from the mid-1930s to the late 1990s. A native of Madison Heights, Virginia, he was perhaps best known for designing the ChapStick logo (circa 1936). A longtime resident of Lynchburg, Virginia he produced many logotypes and designs familiar to the area, including the current and two past City of Lynchburg logos and the Lynchburg Community Market banner. From 1944 through 1997, Wright's firm, Wright and Williams Studio (later Frank Wright Studio), produced a prodigious amount of commercial art"
"to creating characters for game magazines, Matsushita has also designed mascots and characters for gaming events like Space World (Matsushita designed Lucky Rabbit and friends), and for video games such as those in the ""Derby Stallion"" series. He also designed the mascots for the 1994 Asian Games which were being hosted in Hiroshima at the time, Poppo and Cuccu. He also drew the old Shueisha Business Jump magazine's mascot, which was a mouse. Susumu Matsushita Susumu Matsushita (松下進 ""Matsushita Susumu"", born February 6, 1950 in Fussa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist known for his unique American comic–influenced design. His"
"helps organize their charity art event. He is also the vocalist for Chupacabra, a Pittsburgh art rock band that has performed in such venues as The Rex Theater, The Heinz History Center, and The Gibson Guitar Showroom/CMJ Music Marathon/NYC. Michael Lotenero Michael Lotenero (born March 31, 1967) is an American artist, graphic designer, illustrator, and musician who emerged from the Pittsburgh art scene. He is known for his figurative abstracts, sculptures, and iconic heads. Michael Lotenero was born in Cleveland, Ohio and was raised there and Miami, Florida. In 1985 he graduated from Kirtland High School in Ohio. In 1988"
"Ira Schnapp defined the DC Comics look for nearly thirty years. Starting in 1940, he designed or refined such iconic logos as ""Action Comics"", ""Superman"", ""The Flash"", and ""Justice League of America"", while also creating the distinctive appearance of DC's house ads and promotions. (Schnapp also designed the Comics Code Authority seal, which was a fixture on comic book covers from all major companies for over forty years.) Starting in around 1966, Schnapp's classic, art deco-inspired look was replaced by the pulsing, organic style of Gaspar Saladino, who redesigned DC's house style for the counterculture era. Gaspar became the cover"
"Koons, an internationally known artist, found the picture on a postcard and wanted to make a sculpture based on the photograph for an art show on the theme of banality of everyday items. After removing the copyright label from the postcard, he gave it to his assistants with instructions on how to model the sculpture. He asked that as much detail be copied as possible, though the puppies were to be made blue, their noses exaggerated, and flowers to be added to the hair of the man and woman. The sculpture, entitled, ""String of Puppies"", became a success. Koons sold"
"commissioned by the city of Hutchinson, Minnesota to create a sculpture of Chief Little Crow, a Dakota leader. The statue was placed in 1937 near the Main Street bridge overlooking the Crow River. In 1982 Kouba participated in making a new version, as the old one had become weather beaten. Kouba opened his own commercial art firm called Kouba Advertising Art. He produced the following in his Minneapolis-based studio: The Old Dutch windmill on potato chips bags and boxes, Schmidt beer wildlife scenes, and the Red Owl grocery store's logo. Kouba patented three inventions: the original Art-O-Graph and Map-O-Graph, which"
"Chris Pape Chris Pape (aka Freedom) is an American painter and graffiti artist. Pape started tagging subway tunnels and subway cars in 1974 as ""Gen II"" before adopting the tag ""Freedom"". Pape is best known for his numerous paintings in the eponymous Freedom Tunnel, an Amtrak tunnel running underneath Manhattan's Riverside Park. Prominent paintings in the Freedom Tunnel attributed to Pape include his ""self-portrait"" featuring a male torso with a spray-can head and ""There's No Way Like the American Way"" (aka ""The Coca-Cola Mural""), a parody of Coca-Cola advertising and tribute to the evicted homeless of the tunnel. Another theme"
"in Dolk's career, it was speculated that Dolk was a pseudonym for the well-known British graffiti artist Banksy. The two artists have several stylistic similarities, and especially Banksy's work ""Puppy Love"" from 2005 has been pointed out as resembling Dolk. Dolk made his own version of this work where both the name and the colors were identical with the original. The work ""Che"" from 2007 shows a cigar-smoking Che Guevara proudly pointing at his own t-shirt with the iconic portrait from 1960 taken by Alberto Korda of himself. Dolk's stencil is distinguished by many as the ultimate copy of this"
"Atlanta, Georgia. Roger Schlaifer Roger L. Schlaifer (born February 23, 1945) is an American graphic designer, writer, inventor and licensing agent. He is best known for his creative development and worldwide licensing of Cabbage Patch Kids and the name and works of Andy Warhol. Schlaifer grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland where he attended Montgomery Blair High School, also the alma mater of Nora Roberts, Goldie Hawn, Ben Stein, Carl Bernstein and Connie Chung. Schlaifer is a 1967 graduate of Syracuse University with a BFA in illustration, and a master's degree in advertising. He took"
"Edwina Dumm Frances Edwina Dumm (1893 – April 28, 1990) was a writer-artist who drew the comic strip ""Cap Stubbs and Tippie"" for nearly five decades and is also notable as the nation's first full-time female editorial cartoonist. She used her middle name for the signature on her comic strip, signed simply Edwina. One of the earliest female syndicated cartoonists, Dumm was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, where her father, Frank Edwin Dumm, was an actor-playwright turned newspaperman. In 1911, she graduated from Central High School in Columbus, Ohio and then took the Cleveland-based Landon School of Illustration and Cartooning"
"Art Chantry Arthur Samuel Wilbur Chantry II (born April 9, 1954 in Seattle) is a graphic designer often associated with the posters and album covers he has done for bands from the Pacific Northwest, such as Mudhoney, Mono Men, Soundgarden and The Sonics. Chantry received a bachelor's degree from Western Washington University in 1978. Chantry's designs are perhaps most closely associated with the Seattle, Washington-based Sub Pop Records and the Bellingham, Washington-based Estrus Records, for which he has worked with dozens of bands. He is also notable for his work in magazine and logo design. Chantry worked throughout the 1980s"
"Christophe Coppens Christophe Coppens (born 21 November 1969) is a Belgian artist, living and working in Los Angeles. Trained initially as a theatre director, Coppens started his own label as an accessories designer at the age of 21, a career that would span over 20 years with several outlets, international press following and buyers the world over, and that he would combine and nurture with his first stunts and solo shows as an artist. Coppens created his first experimental hat collection in 1990 which was picked up from the start by international buyers and press. Through the years his activities"