Talk:Arnold Skolnick/Temp

Arnold H. Skolnick (February 25, 1937, Brooklyn, New York) is an American graphic artist, book publisher, movie assistant and most widely known for his design of the original 1969 Woodstock poster.

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Early Life

Arnold H. Skolnick was born in Brooklyn New York in 1937. His mother, a highly competitive game player, Esther Skolnick (born Plotnick) won many bridge trophies, and 3 shuffleboard trophies. His father, Samuel Skolnick, was a typographer at trade, while music was his passion. He played hammond organ, piano, harmonica, mandolin & ukulele. He was also a songwriter, and poet. The young Arnold was fascinated with pretty rainbows in the street left behind by leaking cars. This led him to want to create art for himself. While his father had been unable to make a living through the arts he did all he could to discourage his son from it as well. And unfortunately they were never able to see eye to eye. While he was proud of his son in later years as Arnold became successful.

Book Publishing

Skolnick graduated as an art major from Music & Art High School in 1955. His schooling continued as he attended the Pratt Institute in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Upon completion he worked for Young & Rubicam winning them 12 awards for best 'artistic' ads. While Never feeling appreciated there he left to embark on his own company for as an artist his refusal to compromise his professional standards and his vision brought him out of the commercial advertising field, replacing it with art book publishing. His first company Imago Imprint Inc. establlshed at 150 Fifth Avenue in New York City led to a number of published books such as: Lightest Blues (Great Humor from the 1930S)and Paul Cadmus. Later his new company Chameleon Books led to many more art books such as: The Lyrical Constructivist: Don Gummer Sculpture, The Girl With The Watering Can, Hyman Bloom, Times Squared (Photographs by Toby Old). He also worked on projects with companies such as: Carl Little, Pomegranate, Down East Books, Potter, Rizzoli, First Glance Books, Chronical Books, etc.

Film

Arnold worked on a few films, such as titles & credits for "To Kill A Mocking Bird". He also worked with Linda Yellen as her assistant storyboarder. He Worked with her on "Playing For Time(1980)" & "Prisoner Without A Name, Cell Without A Number(1985)".

Bibliography

His Art Books Include

Duey's Tale: Pearl Bailey (1975) Nellé (1981) Lightest Blues (Great Humor from the 1930S) (1984) Paul Cadmus (1984) George Tooker (1985) Peter Blume (1987) His Face (1988) Roller (The Paintings of Donald Roller Wilson) (1988) Clarence Holbrook Carter (1989) Isabel Bishop (1989) Jack Levine (1989) The Girl With The Watering Can (1990) Paintings of Maine (1991) The Artist As Native (1993) Childe Hassam's New York (1993) Edward Hopper's New England (1993) Jared French's Myths (1993) Jill's Dogs (Photographs by Jill Freedman) (1993) Paintings of California (1993) Richard Estes (1993) Stuart Davis's Abstract Argot (1993) Yasuo Kuniyoshi's Women (1993) Earth Angels (Migrant Children In America) (1994) Joseph Stella's Symbolism (1994) Paintings of the Southwest (1994) In The Eye Of The Storm: An Art Of Conscience, 1930-1970 (1995) Winslow Homer and the Sea (1995) Hyman Bloom (1996) Paintings of New England (1996) All That Is Glorious Around Us (1997) Art of the Maine Islands (1997) The Book Of Rainbows (1997) David Bowerman (Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture (1997) The Artist and the American Landscape (1998) The Majesty of the Grand Canyon (150 Years in Art) (1998) Rockwell Kent's Forgotten Landscapes (1998) The Unseen Van Gogh (1998) The Lyrical Constructivist: Don Gummer Sculpture (2001) The Art Of Maine in Winter (2002) Times Squared (2002) The Art Of Mohegan Island (2004) Martha Armstrong: Up To Now (2009)

ORIGINAL ARTWORK GALLERY SHOWS

1976 Rolly Michaux Galleries, 943 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 2010 Antique and Artisan Center, Stamford, Conn