Herbert Tauss (October 31, 1929 - November 14, 2001) was an American artist, illustrator, and painter. His drawings, paintings and sculptures have won awards from the Society of Illustrators and the Art Directors Club of

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. He was inducted into th
Illustrators Hall of Fame
in 1996. His works are included in the collections of the United States Department of the Interior and his rendering of the

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Moon shot was shown in the Smithsonian.

Biography

Herbert Tauss was born in New York City. He attended the High School of Industrial Art, and upon graduating, secured an apprenticeship at the Traeger Phillips Studio. His first illustrations were made in 1949 for Pageant magazine, following by work for other publications which included ''

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'', '' Redbook'', '' National Geographic'', ''

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'' magazines. He joined the Charles E. Cooper Studio in 1955 and when the illustration markets began to constrict in the early 1960s, he moved to England to work for the British market. He returned to the U.S. in the early 1970s and became prolific in the paperback market when, among other things, he illustrated the series of historical novels, the Kent Family Chronicles, which sold over 40 million copies. He also illustrated several limited edition books for the Franklin Library. Tauss taught at the

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, Pratt Institute, Marymount College and the

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Bibliography

*''The Shadow Children'' *''My Palace of Leaves in Sarajevo'' *''Us and Them:A History of Intolerance In America

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tauss, Herbert 20th-century American illustrators High School of Art and Design alumni 1929 births 2001 deaths