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edhopper

(33,479 posts)

7. Yes

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #6)

Sat Jan 4, 2020, 02:10 PM

Jan 2020

He wanted to be a great illustrator like James M. Flagg or Gibson. He figured out in the 50s that the day of the great illustrator was vanishing and moved to portraiture. And became great. He adopted the style of artists like Sargent and Chase.
Here is a nice one of his dear friend Tony Bennett.