Edna Eicke (1919–1979) was an American

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best known for her distinctive covers for the ''New Yorker'' magazine.John Updike, 'Foreword', in ''The Complete Collection of Covers from The New Yorker 1925–1989'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989), p. v.

Career

Eicke created 51 ''New Yorker'' magazine covers from 1946-1961. Much of her work focused on scenes of childhood. In the foreword to an anthology of the magazine's covers,

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singled out Eicke as one of the artists who made some of the most appealing covers, "Do you have trouble letting go of old copies of ''The New Yorker''? Blame the covers … We want to be where the cover is, whether it's a pricey night club by

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or an Eden-green lawn by Edna Eicke … " She also did cover and inside illustrations for ''House & Garden'', ''

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'', as well as numerous children's books.

Personal life

She was married to the illustrator Tom Funk.

References

External links

Edna Eicke photograph, biography, bibliography, and examples of work
1919 births 1979 deaths American women illustrators 20th-century American illustrators 20th-century American women artists Artists from Montclair, New Jersey The New Yorker people {{US-illustrator-stub