Earle K. Bergey
Illustrator
1901 – 1952
Who was Earle K. Bergey?
Earle K. Bergey was an American illustrator who painted cover art for a wide diversity of magazines and paperback books. Today Bergey is best recognized for creating the iconic cover of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for Popular Library at the height of his career in 1948.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bergey attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1921 to 1926. He initially went to work in the art department of the Philadelphia's Public Ledger, and he drew the comic strip Deb Days in 1927. Early in his career, Bergey contributed many covers to the pulp magazines of publisher Fiction House. By the mid-1930s, Bergey made a home and studio in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and he married in 1935.
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- Born
- Aug 26, 1901
Philadelphia - Also known as
- Earle Bergey
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Sep 30, 1952
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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