Wes Wilson
Artist, Visual Artist
1937 –
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Who is Wes Wilson?
Wes Wilson is an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters. Best-known for designing posters for Bill Graham of the The Fillmore in San Francisco, he invented a style that is now synonymous with the peace movement, psychedelic era and the 1960s. In particular, he is known for inventing and popularizing a "psychedelic" font around 1966 that made the letters look like they were moving or melting. It was very common by the 1970s.
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- Born
- Jul 15, 1937
Sacramento - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- San Francisco State University
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on July 23, 2013
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