Lillian Chestney
American illustrator and painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lillian Chestney (September 22, 1913 ā August 6, 2000) was an American illustrator and painter. She studied in New York City and illustrated children's books, comic books (during the Golden Age of Comic Books), and magazine and book covers at a time when few women held artist positions in the industry.[1]
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Born | (1913-09-22)September 22, 1913 New York, U.S. |
Died | August 6, 2000(2000-08-06) (aged 86) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Pratt Institute, Art Students League of New York |
Known for | Illustrator (children's books, comic books) |
Notable work | Arabian Nights, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, Gulliver's Travels |
Spouse | Stanley Maxwell Zuckerberg |
Awards | Society of Illustrators for Best Advertisement of 1948, Citation for Merit from the Society of Illustrators in 1961 and 1965 |
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Later in life she painted waterfront scenes in Eastern Canada and Northeastern America.[2]