Victor Reinganum
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Victor Reinganum was an artist
and illustrator
, probably best known for his illustrations on book dustjackets, including the first editions of Muriel Spark
's The Ballad of Peckham Rye
(1960) and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961).
He was born in London on 13 September 1907 and died on 24 January 1995, aged 87.
During 1925-1928 he studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art
and the Académie Julian
, Paris, also taking private lessons with Léger
. In 1928 he joined Elstree Studios
and was an art director there until 1929 when he became a freelance illustrator. He was a prolific contributor to Radio Times
.
The book Surrealism in England - 1936 and After (1986) says of him:
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
, probably best known for his illustrations on book dustjackets, including the first editions of Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
Dame Muriel Spark, DBE was an award-winning Scottish novelist. In 2008 The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945".-Early life:...
's The Ballad of Peckham Rye
The Ballad of Peckham Rye
The Ballad of Peckham Rye is a novel written in 1960 by the Scottish author Muriel Spark.It tells the story of a devilish Scottish migrant, Dougal Douglas, who moves to Peckham in London and wreaks havoc amongst the lives of the inhabitants...
(1960) and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961).
He was born in London on 13 September 1907 and died on 24 January 1995, aged 87.
During 1925-1928 he studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art
Heatherley School of Fine Art
The Heatherley School of Fine Art was named after Thomas Heatherley who took over as principal from James Mathews Leigh . Founded in 1845, the school is affectionately known as Heatherley's...
and the Académie Julian
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, but offered...
, Paris, also taking private lessons with Léger
Fernand Léger
Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of Cubism which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style...
. In 1928 he joined Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios
"Elstree Studios" refers to any of several film studios that were based in the towns of Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire, England, since film production begun in 1927.-Name:...
and was an art director there until 1929 when he became a freelance illustrator. He was a prolific contributor to Radio Times
Radio Times
Radio Times is a UK weekly television and radio programme listings magazine, owned by the BBC. It has been published since 1923 by BBC Magazines, which also provides an on-line listings service under the same title...
.
The book Surrealism in England - 1936 and After (1986) says of him:
- "VICTOR REINGANUM is Surrealist on the outside or not at all - Born London 1907 - Never a member of any Surrealist group, his work shared a certain terrain with TunnardJohn TunnardJohn Samuel Tunnard was an English Modernist designer and painter. He was the cousin of landscape architect Christopher Tunnard.-Life:...
, a poetic abstraction on the frontiers of figuration often using biomorphic forms. Originally more known for his illustrations, latterly he has had other works included in retrospective Surrealist shows."
External links
- Diagram (1939) in the Tate GalleryTate GalleryThe Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
, UK - The Three Graces (1968) in the Paisnel Gallery, London
- Victor Reinganum at artprice.com
- Victor Reinganum at classiccrimefiction.com