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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Rene Bouche's Jack Benny portrait and more
Rene Bouche (1905-1963) was a renowned 20th century fashion illustrator working for decades for various publications, primarily VOGUE, where he rendered many cover images. He also drew, in his loose, sketchy and elegant style, a number of celebrity portraits and advertisements for magazines. In the early 1950's he was hired by CBS's creative director William Golden to create portraits of their current stars to be used for advertising and promotional materials. Among these drawings was possibly what would become his most iconic image, a charcoal/marker & gouache silhouette of a relaxed Jack Benny. Benny was so taken with the drawing he used it for his TV show opening and closing and as his official logo throughout the rest of his career.
Read about the origin of the Jack Benny illustration here:
He was good. so miss this kind of work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this, Drew. He was a master.
ReplyDeleteI saw a lot of the at the Nat'l Portrait Gallery in DC. And I own a nice non-portarit of lingerie models.
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ReplyDeleteI may have the original of Edward R, Murrow. My mom picked it up in a warehouse in Houston in 1959 of items from an oil executive's office.
ReplyDeleteI may have the original Edward R. Murrow. My mom picked it up in 1959 from an oil executive in Houston.
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