Distinguished Illustrator Series
May 11 through June 30, 2013
R.O. Blechman (b. 1930), “Whistler’s Mother,” n.d. ©R.O. Blechman. All rights reserved.
A celebrated illustrator, animator, children’s book author, graphic novelist, and editorial cartoonist, R.O. Blechman is well known for his memorable advertisements for Alka-Seltzer and Capezio, among others, and for his witty illustrations for The New Yorker and The Huffington Post. A 2012 inductee to the Illustrators Hall of Fame, the artist is also the recipient of the New York Art Director’s Club prestigious Designer’s Hall of Fame, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Cartoonists Society. He has also exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which mounted a retrospective of his animated films in 2003. R.O. Blechman’s imagery for magazines, illustrated books, advertisements, and animations will be on view.
Visit the artist’s website: www.roblechman.com
Selections From The Exhibition:
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- R.O. Blechman (b. 1930), “New York at Night,” 1979. Cover illustration for “The New Yorker” (October 1, 1979). ©R.O. Blechman. All rights reserved.
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- R.O. Blechman (b. 1930), “Hamlet and the Fool,” 1992. Cover illustration for “Story” (Spring 1992). ©R.O. Blechman. All rights reserved.
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- R.O. Blechman (b. 1930), “Abraham Lincoln,” 1998. ©R.O. Blechman. All rights reserved.
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- mage to the World Trade Center,” 2006. For the Municipal Art Society. ©R.O. Blechman. All rights reserved.
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- r illustration for “The New Yorker” (February 26 & March 4, 1996). ©R.O. Blechman. All rights reserved.
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- R.O. Blechman (b. 1930), “Parody of the Freedom From Fear by Norman Rockwell,” 2008.
Related Links:
“R.O. Blechman solo show to open at Norman Rockwell Museum,” The Berkshire Eagle, May 9, 2013
“The Gutsy Scribbling of R.O. Blechman,” The Atlantic, June 28, 2012
“Lines and Frames: An Interview with R.O. Blechman,” The Comics Journal, May 26, 2011
“My Son, the Art Director. My Dad, the Illustrator,” Print Magazine, January 31, 2013