Edgar Franklin Wittmack (1894-1956)
American illustrator & artist ;
E. Franklin Wittmack ; E.F. Wittmack ; E. F. Wittmack ; Edgar F. Wittmack ;
[Born July 10, 1894 in New York, NY – died April 25, 1956 in New York, NY]
FAD record control number: 70022 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Edgar Franklin Wittmack (1894-1956) biography:
Birth: July 10, 1894 in New York, NY ;
Death: April 25, 1956 in New York, NY ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Cancer ;
Known for: Illustration ; watercolor paintings ;
Medium: Oil ; watercolor ;
Technique: Painting ;
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Areas: New York, NY ;
Region: North East ;
Lived: 57 West 57th Street, New York, NY ;
Father: Charles Augustus Wittmack (1860-1912), chemist ;
Mother: Emma Marie (Balthazar) Wittmack (1865-?), stock broker ;
Relatives: Karl “Carl” Ewald Wittmack (1889-?), brother ; Beatrice E Wittmack (1897-?), sister ;
Spouse: Maude C (Burris) Wittmack (1896-1993), wife, married August 7, 1941 in New York, NY ;
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Work: Illustrated for magazines and for magazine covers for Saturday Evening Post, American Boy, Outdoor Life, Liberty, Adventure (1919), Popular Science (over 100 covers) ; Painted pulp novel covers (over 250) ; Pulp magazine illustration work for Ridgeway including: Romance and Everybody’s Magazine ; Short Story magazine ; illustration work for Frank A. Munsey Co., Street and Smith Corp. ;
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Member: Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, artist member (1952-1956) ;
Exhibited with: Salmagundi Club, New York, NY ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY (1922) ;
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Digital-born document number:
FAD.2020.70022
Digital document provenance:
Original compiled and researched document by the Fine Art Database, 266 West 21st Street, New York, NY.
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Image license:
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Record birth date:
November 11, 2020
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