Mark English (September 19, 1933 – August 8, 2019) was an American illustrator and painter, born in

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. He was one of the United States' leading illustrators for publications in a career spanning from the 1960s to the 1990s, before beginning a career painting for gallery exhibition in 1995.

Life

Mark English was born on September 19, 1933, in Hubbard, Texas. He attended the Hubbard High School and graduated in 1951, after which he enrolled into the University of Texas. He was then drafted into the military during the

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. In 1954, English married his first wife, Peggy Ann Littlejohn. In 1960, Mark graduated with honours from The Art Center College of Design in

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, California, with a BFA in Advertising Design. After gaining work experience in advertising agencies for the automobile industry, English and his family moved to Connecticut in 1964. He began an illustrious career, working with publications such as

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and

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among others in the corporate, pharmaceutical, music and postage industry. In 1977, Hallmark Cards offered Mark an Artist-in-Residency to teach classes to its creative staff in Kansas City. It was there that he met his second wife, Wendy Buskey, and they married in 1983. In 1995, English retired from illustrations and began to paint for galleries in earnest. The same year, English and his son John co-founded the Illustration Academy, an art and design workshop catering to students and professionals. From 1999 onwards, English's work and paintings were exhibited in galleries across the United States and in London. His last exhibition was in 2017 at the Eva Reynolds Fine Arts Gallery

which was a comprehensive exhibition of his works both as an illustrator and a painter. Before his death, English was living in Kansas City with his wife. On August 8, 2019, Mark English died peacefully, "after a brief illness" in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City. He left behind four daughters; Donna, Stephanie, Emily, and Sarah, and a son, John.

Career

English's unique illustration style appeared in publications as

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, Redbook, Atlantic Monthly,

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, McCalls, and many other corporate and pharmaceutical publications. He designed 14 stamps for the U.S. Postal Service, movie posters and album covers for John Denver,

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, and

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. In painting, English showcases his style in a variety of subjects, from figures, animals and florals to landscape and architecture. His paintings have been exhibited worldwide in galleries such as the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery in New York, Albemarle Gallery in London, Maxwell Gallery in San Francisco, and have been the subject to publication in four books, available o
his website

Awards

He has won hundreds of awards for his work and has been the most awarded illustrator in the history of the Society of Illustrators in

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. including the 1967 ''Hamilton King Award'' from said Society of Illustrators. * 1983 - elected to The New York Society of Illustrators’ Hall of Fame. * 2001 - awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from The Academy of Art University, San Francisco.

Clients

* IBM *U.S. Park Service *

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* GE *

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*GM *

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