biography of Coby WHITMORE (1913-1988)

Birth place: Dayton, OH

Addresses: NYC; Hilton Head Island, SC

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Dayton AI; AIC

Exhibited: SI, 1948 (solo). Awards: certificate distinctive merit, Art Dirs. Club, Philadelphia, 1954; award for merit, 33rd Ann. Nat. Exh. Adverting & Ed. Art & Design, 1954; ann. award for outdoor adverting, Art Dirs. Club, Chicago.

Member: SI (Hall of Fame, 1978); MoMA

Work: The Pentagon, Wash., DC; U.S. Air Force Acad.; New Britain (CT) Mus. Am. Art; Syracuse (NY) Univ.

Comments: Full name is M. Coburn Whitmore. Positions: apprentice, Haddon Sundblom, Chicago, 1932-35; artist with Carl Jensen, Cincinnati, 1938-39; artist, Grauman Studios, Chicago, 1939-43; artist, Charles E. Cooper, Inc., New York, 1942-. Publications: illustr. of cover page, Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, McCalls, Cosmopolitan.

Sources: WW73; WW47; W&R Reed, The Illustrator in America, 279