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Ken Fallin
Art Institute of Boston, Parsons School of Design
Known forIllustrator, caricaturist
Website[1]

Ken Fallin (born November 11, 1948, in

caricaturist.[1] His first big break was in 1983 doing the posters and advertising for the popular satirical revue Forbidden Broadway. In 1987, he was commissioned by the Boston Herald to do a celebrity caricature every week in the Sunday theatre
section.

Fallin has illustrated roughly 500 notable people for the

Wall Street Journal, including President Barack Obama,[2] Paul Newman[3] and Tim Russert for Peggy Noonan's memorial of the newsman in the paper.[4]

His Forbidden Broadway posters promoted the show in London, Tokyo and Sydney. Outside of entertainment, Fallin developed relationships with corporate clientele, particularly

Walt Disney Productions.[5]

Background

On November 11, 1948, Kenneth Aubrey Fallin was born to Velma and Aubrey Fallin. His mother taught elementary school and worked with special needs students. His father Aubrey enlisted as a Marine in World War II and fought on Iwo Jima; his later career was in veterinary medicine.

Fallin attended

Boston, Massachusetts, in 1974.[6]

Wanting to become an actor, Fallin moved to New York City, where he approached the writer of Forbidden Broadway about ideas for the show.[7] From that initial meeting, Fallin's involvement with the show and the design of its poster art would last over twenty years.

He attended the

Art Institute of Boston and Parsons School of Design, and studied drawing under famed cartoonist Mort Gerberg.[7] He currently lives in New York City
.

Career

Wall Street Journal. He considers legendary caricaturist Al Hirschfeld as a major influence, and mimicked his style early in his career for the Forbidden Broadway work. Other influences include the German "degenerate" portrait artists of the 1920s, Aubrey Beardsley, Frank Gehry, Eero Saarinen, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Dame Edna Everage
.

Broadway

Main article: Forbidden Broadway

Forbidden Broadway is a show that

satirizes musical theatre, and caricaturist Al Hirschfeld
’s work defined that genre early on. The producers of the show wanted Fallin's posters to resemble Hirschfeld's style to spoof his famous pen and ink drawings.

The show's success meant Fallin's work was shown in

Sydney. In 2009, Fallin completed work on the third London revival of "Forbidden Broadway", as well as illustrations for a new book on the lyrics from the show.[8]

In 2006, Fallin presented

Tony Award–winning costume designer Alvin Colt with a portrait on his 90th birthday.[9]

Broadwayworld.com announced in September 2009 that Fallin would contribute to the site a sketch of a musical theater star each week.[10]

As of 2014, Fallin had contributed the artwork for eight of the twelve Forbidden Broadway compact disc covers.

Print

In 1994 Fallin began doing illustrations of sports figures for the

obituaries
.

Television

Fallin has done caricatures for Showtime and CNBC.[5]

Corporate

Fallin was first hired by

BMG Records
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "You're Nobody Until You've Been Fallined", Leaders magazine, July–September 2003, Volume 26, Number 3, p.118.
  2. ^ Barack Obama WSJ drawing
  3. ^ Paul Newman WSJ drawing
  4. ^ Tim Russert WSJ drawing
  5. ^ a b Ken Fallin client list.
  6. ^ Emerson College alumni update Archived 2006-09-20 at the Wayback Machine, p. 27.
  7. ^ a b c Caricaturist Captures the Corporate Market Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Biz Bash Orlando, August 11, 2008.
  8. ^ Photo Flash: Forbidden Broadway at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Broadwayworld.com news desk, May 29, 2009.
  9. ^ Photo Coverage: Alvin Colt's 90th Birthday Party, Linda Lenzi, Broadwayworld.com, July 14, 2006.
  10. ^ BWW SPECIAL FEATURE: Ken Fallin Illustrates - HAMLET With Jude Law, Broadwayworld.com, September 25, 2009.
  11. ^ Hong Kong Disneyland letter

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