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| http://dbpedia.org/ontology/abstract | James Sante Avati (December 14, 1912 in Bl … James Sante Avati (December 14, 1912 in Bloomfield, New Jersey – February 27, 2005 in Petaluma, California) was an American illustrator and paperback cover artist. His father was a professional photographer in New York City. His mother died shortly after his birth. He was raised by his maternal aunt and eventually his father married her. While Jim was still young, his father died and another aunt and uncle helped to raise him in Little Silver, New Jersey, where he grew up. His uncle paid for his education at Princeton University where he obtained a degree in architecture in 1935. He was always interested in painting and loved to paint. After World War II, Avati obtained a job designing display windows at Fifth Avenue department stores in New York. But he continued to paint on the side and in 1948, impressed Kurt Enoch at New American Library, a new paperback publishing house. He was a hit from the beginning and changed the style of cover painting by the early 1950s. The authors he worked with included the likes of Theodore Dreiser, William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, J. D. Salinger, James T. Farrell, Pearl Buck, John O'Hara, Mickey Spillane, Erle Stanley Gardner, Alberto Moravia, and James Michener. He used professional models at first but soon used friends, family and people off the streets of Red Bank, New Jersey, his home for much of his life, as models. He sought reality in his representations on canvas and real people worked for him better than professionals. He has been called the "Father of Paperback Book Covers" and the "Rembrandt of Paperback Book Covers". the "Rembrandt of Paperback Book Covers". , James Avati (Bloomfield, NJ, Verenigde Sta … James Avati (Bloomfield, NJ, Verenigde Staten, 14 december 1912 - Petaluma, Californië, 27 februari 2005) was een Amerikaanse schilder en illustrator. Hij was de zoon van een Schotse moeder en Italiaanse vader. Avati studeerde aan de Princeton universiteit. In 1940 trouwde hij met Jane Hammell. Gedurende de opkomst van de paperbacks in de jaren vijftig werden in Amerika literaire boeken verkocht in edities met een slappe kaft in enorme oplages. Levensechte illustraties op de omslagen werden gebruikt om de aandacht te trekken. Avanti was een meester in het realistisch afbeelden van de personages in die edities, en hij werd door collega’s dan ook de King of the Paperbacks genoemd. Hij ontwierp omslagen voor boeken van schrijvers als Theodore Dreiser, William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, J.D. Salinger, James T. Farrell, Pearl S. Buck John O'Hara, Mickey Spillane, , Alberto Moravia, en James Michener de omslagen van hun boeken. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog ging Avati als illustrator werken. In 1949 maakte hij zijn eerste omslagen voor en . James Avati heeft zijn verdere leven niets anders gedaan dan omslagen ontwerpen. Na zijn periode bij de New American Library ging hij ook werken voor Pocket Books, Fawcett, Dell en Ballantine. Er zijn 620 omslagen van hem bekend. Avati was tweemaal getrouwd en kreeg acht kinderen. Zijn dochter Alexandra poseerde voor foto's die als basis dienden voor zijn schilderijen en omslagen. In 1989 verhuisde hij naar Californië, waar hij voor zijn plezier landschappen en portretten schilderde. De afgelopen 25 jaar zijn Avati's originele schilderijen voor een belangrijk deel gered uit de depots van de Amerikaanse uitgevers, zoals Signet, Avon, Dell en Bantam. Het Gemeentemuseum Helmond presenteerde van 9 oktober 2005 tot en met 15 januari 2006 de eerste overzichtstentoonstelling in Nederland van James Avati.toonstelling in Nederland van James Avati. , James Avati, né le 14 décembre 1912 à Bloomfield (New Jersey) et mort le 27 février 2005 à Petaluma (Californie), est un peintre et illustrateur américain. |
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| rdfs:comment | James Sante Avati (December 14, 1912 in Bl … James Sante Avati (December 14, 1912 in Bloomfield, New Jersey – February 27, 2005 in Petaluma, California) was an American illustrator and paperback cover artist. His father was a professional photographer in New York City. His mother died shortly after his birth. He was raised by his maternal aunt and eventually his father married her. While Jim was still young, his father died and another aunt and uncle helped to raise him in Little Silver, New Jersey, where he grew up. His uncle paid for his education at Princeton University where he obtained a degree in architecture in 1935.obtained a degree in architecture in 1935. , James Avati, né le 14 décembre 1912 à Bloomfield (New Jersey) et mort le 27 février 2005 à Petaluma (Californie), est un peintre et illustrateur américain. , James Avati (Bloomfield, NJ, Verenigde Sta … James Avati (Bloomfield, NJ, Verenigde Staten, 14 december 1912 - Petaluma, Californië, 27 februari 2005) was een Amerikaanse schilder en illustrator. Hij was de zoon van een Schotse moeder en Italiaanse vader. Avati studeerde aan de Princeton universiteit. In 1940 trouwde hij met Jane Hammell. Avati was tweemaal getrouwd en kreeg acht kinderen. Zijn dochter Alexandra poseerde voor foto's die als basis dienden voor zijn schilderijen en omslagen. In 1989 verhuisde hij naar Californië, waar hij voor zijn plezier landschappen en portretten schilderde.ier landschappen en portretten schilderde. |
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