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| Murray Tinkelman by Joe Bowler |
Murray
Tinkelman, an award-winning artist who has won gold medals from
the Society of Illustrators, The New York Art Directors Club and the Society of
Publications Designers passed away January 30th. His funeral scheduled for February 2nd
at the Plaza Jewish Community Chapel.
His illustrations appeared in a
variety of publications such as Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, and The
Washington Post. Tinkelman has been commissioned by The National Park Service
to do drawings and paintings of National Parks and Monuments and by The U.S. Air Force to be an artist-reporter on specific missions. He had a one-man exhibit of his baseball art at The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York in 1994 and The United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama in 1995. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Delaware Art Museum, the International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum, and the New Britain Museum of American Art.
Tinkelman was a
guest curator for The Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and the
Society of Illustrators, Museum of American Illustration in New York City.
Tinkelman was
named the recipient of the 1999 Distinguished Educator in the Arts award from
the Society of Illustrators in New York. He received the 1995 Sports Artist of the Year
from The United States Sports Academy, the 1970 Artist of the Year award from
The Graphic Arts Guild in New York City, and the 2001 Syracuse University
Faculty Service Citation.
He was Professor
Emeritus from Syracuse University where he taught in the undergraduate program
and was the senior advisor in the Independent Study MA Program in Illustration
for over 25 years from 1979 - 2006.
Murray was the
Director of the Limited Residency MFA program at theHartford
Art School, University of Hartford. This program is completely
dedicated to the field of Illustration.
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