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Evan Richardson (his work credited in magazines as John-Evan Richardson) was one of the first make-up artists to do make-up for American fashion magazines. His make-up work appeared regularly in fashion and women’s magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, French and Italian Vogue, Glamour, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, People, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, and other magazines all over the world.

He worked with all the top fashion photographers like Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Francesco Scavullo, James Moore, Hiro, Neal Barr, and many more.

Articles about him have appeared in magazines and newspapers like Vogue, Mademoiselle, Woman's Day, New York Magazine, Beauty, and the New York Times, and he appeared on The Donahue Show and Good Morning New York.

Besides his work for magazines, he also designed make-up for ads for cosmetic companies like: Revlon, Estée Lauder, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Max Factor, Clairol, L’Oreal, MayBelleine, and Cover Girl.

During his career that spanned 30 years, he made up over 130 celebrities from the film and theatre worlds, dancers, pop and opera singers, TV personalities, politicians, heads of industries, writers, artists, and supermodels. In alphabetical order his celebrity list includes: Julie Andrews, Lucille Ball, Anne Bancroft, Drew Barrymore, Mikhail Baryshnikov, David Bowie, Johnny Carson, Glenn Close, Agnes DeMille, Faye Dunaway, Susan Lucci, Shirley MacLaine, Madonna, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman, Yoko Ono, Luciano Pavarotti, Michelle Pfeiffer, Gilda Radner, Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon, Diane Sawyer, Cybill Shepherd, Frank Sinatra, Jaclyn Smith, Sting, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Walters, Joanne Woodward, and many others.

He also designed make-up for many Broadway shows such as: No, No, Nanette, Coco, Good News, Dancin’, Dr. Jazz, and Oh, Kay!

Richardson recently taught for two years the art of beauty make-up in the Fashion Department at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.