beyond, deux

Mid-century illustrator Bernie Fuchs, R.I.P. NYT obit. (AND: more from Today’s Inspiration)

via madmenfootnotes:

Here’s a snippet from The Awl piece where we talked about Bernie:

Illustrator Murray Tinkelman, who also worked at Cooper’s Studio, gave an interview about the first time he saw Fuchs work: “It was gorgeous” he said. He conferred with the other two superstars of Cooper Studios, Joe Bowler and Coby Whitmore. Bowler and Whitmore arrived together to inspect the new painting. Whitmore was “speechless,” Bowler said: “I don’t know who the hell did this, but the business is never going to be the same.”