With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Charles Fox
Illustration
1902 – 1996
Having worked for ad agencies, Fox started his own studio in the 1930s and drew ads for corporate clients including Arrow Shirts. He also illustrated for pulp fiction westerns, a variety of magazines such as Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, and Woman’s Home Companion, and New York newspapers.
- Biography/Description of Work
Charles Fox was born in Michigan and at the age of 17 traveled to Chicago and enrolled in the Audubon Tyler School of Art. He then took a job with Lord and Thomas Advertising. By the age of 19 he was working for N.W. Ayer & Son, an advertising agency in Philadelphia. In the 1920s, he started working for Young & Rubicam and drew ads for Jell-O, Postum, Vermont Maid Syrum, General Foods, and R.J. Reynolds. He struck out on his own in the 1930s. He met Dorothea Warren, a fellow illustrator in 1935, and they married in 1940 moving to New Fairfield.
- Sources view
- http://www.americanartarchives.com/fox.htm
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