Francis Cugat
Francis Cugat also known as Francisco Coradal-Cougat[1](born 1893—1981[citation needed]) was an portrait, poster and book jacket artist whose most famous work was the original 1925 cover of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.[2]
Biography
Little is known of Cugat other than that he was born in Spain in 1893 and was the older brother of bandleader Xavier Cugat.[3] The Cugat family emigrated to Cuba in 1903.[4] Cugat created distinctive, stylized theatre cards for several opera personalities in the period 1915-197 including Lucien Muratore, Rosa Raisa and Giacomo Rimini.[5] It is also known that at one time, Francis was a designer in Hollywood for Douglas Fairbanks and had a 1942 show in New York, well after his famous work for The Great Gatsby. He was credited for technical work on sixty-eight Hollywood films.[6][3]
Known work
- Murtore, Raisa and Rimini Theatre Cards - 1915-1917[7]
- Untitled illustration of woman with candle and dandy, n.d., circa 1915-1917[8]
- "George Gershwin" (An American in Paris) - - c.1928, Etching.[9]
- Celestial Eyes - A painting for the cover of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- Technicolor Color Consultant for the 1955 movie Three for the Show.
- Technicolor Color Consultant for the John Ford/John Wayne film The Quiet Man.
- "French Quarter, New Orleans" landscape painting, n.d.[10]
- "Bridgetoan Harbor, Barbados" landscape painting, n.d.[11]
References
- ^ New York Public Library; "Lucille Lortel Papers"
- ^ Tate, Mary Jo (2007). Critical companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald: a literary reference to his life and work. Infobase Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8160-6433-5.
- ^ a b Article on dust jacket for The Great Gatsby.
- ^ Internet Movie Database Biography of Xavier Cugat.
- ^ Walker, Patrick, in an illustrated article about Cugat on postcard.com, December 2012
- ^ Walker, Patrick, idem.
- ^ Walker, Patrick
- ^ David Chase Gallery, item number 529, offered in June 2012.
- ^ Offered by Keithsheridan.com in June 2012.
- ^ artvalue.com
- ^ Reproduced on liveaudtioneers.com in June 2012.
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