Biografie von Paul RAND (1914-1996)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: Weston, CT

Profession: Painter, designer, teacher, writer

Studied: Pratt Inst; ASL, with George Grosz; Parsons Sch Design.

Exhibited: AIGA, 1938 (prize), 1942, 1958 (solo), 1966 (gold medal); A. Dir. C. 1936-44, 1945 (medal), 1946; Composing Room, 1947 (solo), IBM Gallery, 1971 (solo); Brooklyn Mus, 1972 (solo); Awards: Citation, Philadelphia Col Art, 1962; Art Dirs Hall of Fame, 1972.

Member: Art Dirs Club New York; AIGA; Alliance Graphique Int, Paris; Benjamin Franklin fel, Royal Soc Arts & Sci, London.

Work: MOMA; NYPL; Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC.

Comments: Positions: Art dir, Esquire Apparel Arts, 1937-41; art dir, Weintraub Advert Agency, 1941-54; design consult, IBM Corp & Westinghouse Elec Corp, 1956-70s. Teaching: Instr design, Cooper Union, 1942; instr graphic design, Pratt Inst, 1946-47; prof graphic design, Yale Univ, 1956-69. Publications: Auth, Thoughts on Design, Wittenborn, 1947 & Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970; auth, Black in the Visual Arts, Harvard Univ Press, 1949; illusr, I Know a Lot of Things, 1956, Sparkle & Spin, 1957, Little 1, 1962 & Listen, Listen, 1970, Harcourt; auth, The Trademarks of Paul Rand, Wittenbron, 1960.

Sources: WW73; Georgine Oeri,Paul Rand," Graphis Mag<"