Rea Irvin
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1881 – 1972
Who was Rea Irvin?
Rea Irvin was an American graphic artist. Although never formally credited as such, he served de facto as the first art editor of The New Yorker. He created the Eustace Tilley cover portrait and the New Yorker typeface. He first drew Tilley for the cover of the magazine's first issue on February 21, 1925. Tilley appeared annually on the magazine's cover every February until 1994. As one commentator has written, "a truly modern bon vivant, Irvin was also a keen appreciator of the century of his birth. His high regard for both the careful artistry of the past and the gleam of the modern metropolis shines from the very first issue of the magazine..."
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- Born
- Aug 26, 1881
San Francisco - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- San Francisco Art Institute
- Lived in
- San Francisco
- Died
- May 28, 1972
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on July 23, 2013
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