Lorraine Fox
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May 22, 1922 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | 1976 (aged 53–54) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Known for | Illustrator |
| Spouse(s) | Bernard D'Andrea |
| Elected | Hall of Fame, Society of Illustrators 1979 |
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Example of her work, The New School Libraries Archive Collection |
Lorraine Fox (1922–1976) was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines she illustrated for were Woman's Day, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, McCall's, and Cosmopolitan. She was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 1979.
Fox was born in Brooklyn on May 22, 1922. She was the daughter of Theodore, an accountant, and Florence Gatto Fox. Lorraine Fox's brother was the cartoonist and comic book artist Gill Fox, who gave Lorraine confidence to explore her artistic talents, and was inspired by Lorraine to create illustrations. Her mother cleaned houses to pay for her daughter's tuition to Pratt Institute.
Lorraine Fox graduated from Pratt Institute in 1944. She met fellow illustrator Bernard D'Andrea at Pratt and they inspired each other's talent. Beginning in 1961, she studied painting for four years at Brooklyn Museum Art School with Reuben Tam and her work took on a more mature and deeper emotional quality.
While working for Keiswetter Agency, Fox also produced freelance work for Seventeen and Better Homes and Gardens. Her works, including full illustrations and a regular column of drawings, appeared in Woman's Day.
In 1951, she married D'Andrea in New York. That year, she also joined the Charles E. Cooper studio with a collection of illustrators, including D'Andrea, Coby Whitmore, and Jon Whitcomb. According to The New School, it was "one of the most influential studios for photography and commercial art" at the time. Fox, one of the most notable female illustrators of the mid-20th century, illustrated books, book covers, advertisements, and she continued to illustrate for magazines, such as Good Housekeeping, Redbook, McCall's, and Cosmopolitan. Women illustrators were often hired to create illustrations of children. Initially children were portrayed as innocent, wholesome, and sometimes funny. By the mid 1900s, children could also be portrayed as naughty, like Norman Rockwell's Hunk Finn or Fox's dark, young Sherlock made in the 1960s. It became particularly difficult to remain competitive as an illustrator into the 1960s, but Fox was one of the artists, like Bernie Fuchs and Austin Briggs to create their own new and unique style.
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