Charles Front is a British illustrator, best known for designing the lettering on the 1965
Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developme ...
album ''
Rubber Soul''.
He has illustrated several books, including ''A Child's Bible'', ''Never Say Macbeth'', ''The Great White Whale'', ''The Little Dressmaker'' and ''Carbonel and Calidor''. He worked on the BBC children's TV series ''
Jackanory
''Jackanory'' is a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 and 1996. It was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, and the first story was the fairy-t ...
''.
Front taught art and illustration at the Barking College Of Technology in the 1970s, and one of his students was special effects artist and animator Alan Friswell who is currently the official restorer for the
Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation. Friswell credits Front as being an inspirational teacher and influence on his work.
He was the art editor of ''MANNA'', the magazine of the
Reform Judaism movement.
Sheila and Charles Front created children's books together. They are the parents of actress
Rebecca Front.
Daily Telegraph interview
accessed 23/10/2019.
References
External links
"News briefing: Iconic Beatles artwork under the hammer"
UK News: The Observer, 16 June 2007 (theguardian.com)
at Rod McKie Illustrations and Cartoons, 1 August 2010
Charles Front
at publisher New York Review Books (NYRB.com)
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Sheila Front
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English artists
Living people
People from Ilford
English Jews
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)