Victor Reinganum (1907–1995) was a British artist and illustrator, probably best known for his illustrations on book

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s, including the first editions of

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's '' The Ballad of Peckham Rye'' (1960) and '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (1961). Reinganum was born in London, England, on 13 September 1907 and died on 24 January 1995, aged 87. During 1925–1928, Reinganum studied at

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and the Académie Julian,

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, also taking private lessons with Léger. In 1928, he joined

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and was an art director there until 1929 when he became a freelance illustrator. He was a prolific contributor to the '' Radio Times'', including the cover of at least one Christmas issue. In 1960 he designed the first ''Radio Times'' cover to mark the Eurovision Song Contest. The book ''Surrealism in England – 1936 and After'' (1986) says of him:

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''Diagram''
(1939) in the

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, UK
''The Three Graces''
(1968) in the Paisnel Gallery, London
Victor Reinganum
at artprice.com

at classiccrimefiction.com
Christmas 1941 issue of ''Radio Times'', page 2
with illustration by Reinganum 1907 births 1995 deaths Artists from London English illustrators British surrealist artists Alumni of the Heatherley School of Fine Art Académie Julian alumni {{illustrator-stub