| General info : | | Carl Erickson (born in 1891 in Joliet, Illinois, US – died June 16, 1958 in New York, US (aged 66)), was a fashion illustrator and advertising artist who was well known for his work with Vogue magazine and Coty cosmetics.
Carl Oscar August Erickson was born in Joliet, Illinois 1891 to Swedish immigrant parents. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Although limited to only two years of schooling, his artistic talent attracted the likes of Marshall Field, Lord & Thomas and other well known advertisement accounts in Chicago.
He worked for Vogue from 1916 to 1958 when he died; most likely from complications due to alcoholism.
He was commonly known as "Eric," a name he used to sign his work, which was given to him by fellow students at the Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago.
Along with fashion illustration, Erickson was also an accomplished portrait artist. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Queen Elizabeth II, Frank Sinatra, and Gertrude Stein are a few of the public figures who sat for him.
During his early career he lived in New York City, and later moved Senlis, France, with his wife, the fashion illustrator Lee Creelman.
They had one child, a daughter named Charlotte.
Erickson died on June 16, 1958, at the age of 66, at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. He was survived by his wife, Lee, and their daughter, Charlotte. | |
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| Relations : | | Married to : Lee Creelman | |
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