Kenneth Paul Block (1925-2009) is arguably the most important fashion illustrator of the second half of the 20th century. His versatility and ability to create a graceful gesture or evoke the high energy of the post-WWII generation make his work stand out among illustrators of his time. (May 2018) Kenneth Paul Block (July 26, 1924 - April 23, 2009) was an American fashion illustrator. For nearly forty years, he was an in-house artist for Fairchild Publications, owner of Women's Wear Daily, the garment industry trade paper, and its offshoot, W.
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Kenneth Paul Block (November 21, 1967 - January 2, 2023) was an American professional rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block was also one of the co-founders of D+C Shoes. [3] He also competed in many action sports events, including skateboarding, snowboarding, and motocross . Kenneth Paul Block, a renowned fashion illustrator whose graceful strokes captured the elegance of gloved, gowned and form-fit-suited women of the 1950s and then the more daring, fluid look of. Kenneth Paul Block: An Artist in a League of His Own The fashion illustrator worked for WWD for nearly 40 years. By Rosemary Feitelberg December 28, 2020, 12:24am View ALL 26 Photos In the. Longtime WWD and W magazine illustrator Kenneth Paul Block, 84, a champion of the art of fashion illustration, died Thursday at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York. The cause of death was.
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American fashion illustrator whose work shone with technical brilliance Veronica Horwell Tue 12 May 2009 18.34 EDT 'Alas and alack," wrote the wits in the advertising department at the Manhattan. Remembering Kenneth Paul Block, the Last Great Fashion Illustrator By Vanity Fair April 27, 2009 Kenneth Paul Block at a book signing celebrating Drawing Fashion: The Art of Kenneth Paul. Born in Larchmont, New York, on July 26, 1924, Kenneth Paul Block, the youngest of three boys, showed an early interest in the arts. His mother, Elizabeth, a gifted amateur pianist, and his father, Goodman, a lawyer, encouraged his interest. He regularly visited museums and attended dance and music concerts, all of which influenced his work. Kenneth Paul Block was one of the most influential fashion illustrators of the twentieth century. His first job was at the powerful Women's Wear Daily in the 1950s, an association that lasted over thirty years and where Kenneth witnessed and recorded one of the most important periods in fashion history—the postwar shift as the exclusive.
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A Fine Line. By Christopher Petkanas. Dec. 2, 2007. If all you knew of Kenneth Paul Block were his society portraits and fashion drawings, you'd think he'd spent his life clinking martinis. Sold by: GrandEagleRetail See Clubs Not in a club? Learn more Roll over image to zoom in Read sample Follow the Author Susan Mulcahy Drawing Fashion: The Art of Kenneth Paul Block Hardcover - Deluxe Edition, February 26, 2008 by Susan Mulcahy (Author), Isaac Mizrahi (Introduction)
A fashion illustration depicting four women wearing gowns by Halston and Bill Blass. Kenneth Paul Block (1924-2009) graduated from New York's Parsons School of Design in 1945 and earned recognition as one of the most distinctive American fashion illustrators of the second half of the 20th century. As the in-house artist for Fairchild. Kenneth Paul Block: An Artist in a League of His Own Sketch of the Versailles Restoration fund-raiser event in France by Kenneth Paul Block. Courtesy of Kenneth Paul Block Foundation A look.
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Professional rally driver and YouTube star Ken Block died in a snowmobile accident on Monday, his Hoonigan Racing team announced. He was 55. "Ken was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. And most. In the stratosphere of fashion illustrators, Kenneth Paul Block orbited the others in a different galaxy. An artist through and through, Block took his role seriously, chronicling wellheeled socialites and the latest creations of American and European designers. Known for his well turned-out, gentlemanly style, with his Dorian Gray-like.
