User:Anne Lichtenwalner/sandbox

The current version of the Sun Maid Raisin box was created in 1970 by John Lichtenwalner, a freelance commercial artist in San Francisco, California. Mr. Lichtenwalner, a graduate of Art Center in Los Angeles, used the previous versions of the "Sun Maid girl" to create a "cleaner" version of the iconic figure. The portrait was centered over a figurative sunburst. The artwork, sold as piecework to the Sun Maid Raisin company, has been reproduced internationally and is perhaps the artist's best known piece of work, having lasted unchanged for over 40 years. Mr. Lichtenwalner is a former president of the San Francisco Illustrator's Society.