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Albert Dorne
Albert Dorne (1963)
Born(1904-02-07)February 7, 1904
New York City, U.S.
DiedDecember 15, 1965(1965-12-15) (aged 59)
University Hospital, New York City
NationalityAmerican

Albert Dorne (February 7, 1904 - December 15, 1965) was an American

correspondence schools for aspiring artists, photographers, and writers. Dorne was co-founder of the Code of Ethics and Fair Practices of the Profession of Commercial Art and Illustration.[1]

Biography

Dorne was born in the slums of

newsstand and acting as an office boy,[1] as well as a short professional boxing career, Dorne began working in advertising.[2]

He apprenticed as a

Collier's, and The Saturday Evening Post, and by 1943 was featured on the cover of American Artist magazine, recognized as "one of the best and highest paid in the field of advertising illustration."[2] He frequently worked for the Johnstone and Cushing advertising agency. Some of his advertising art was also presented in comic strip format. [3]

Dorne was president of the New York Society of Illustrators in 1947–48. In 1948, he conceived the idea of a correspondence school for art, and recruited eleven other well-known artists and illustrators affiliated with the Society of Illustrators, including Norman Rockwell, to found the Famous Artists School. In 1961, he helped found the Famous Photographers School and the Famous Writers School, based on similar principles. All three schools were based in Westport, Connecticut, and by 1963, boasted more than 50,000 students in the U.S. and 54 foreign countries, with a gross income of $10 million.[1]

Dorne influenced the work of artists including John Buscema,[4] Al Avison,[5] and Arthur Suydam.[6]

In 1956, Dorne donated his pictorial resource file of over 500,000 items to the

Westport Public Library. The collection is still in use today. In 1964, the University of Bridgeport Department of Art endowed the Albert Dorne Professorship in Drawing.[7]

Awards

References

General references

Inline citations

  1. ^ a b c Dorne entry, AskART.com. Accessed June 19, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Watson, E.W. (May 1943). "Albert Dorne," American Artist, vol. 7, #5, p. 13.
  3. ^ "Jack Gordon". lambiek.net. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  4. ISBN 1-887591-18-4
    , p. 27.
  5. ^ Alfred Avison at Ask Art - The American Artists Bluebook. Archived November 8, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. Caragonne, George (Ed.; November/December 1994). "Suydam", Penthouse Comix
    #4, pp. 85, 86 and 89.
  7. ^ Almind, Gert J. Albert Dorne biography, Juke-Box.dk. Retrieved July 29, 2006.

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