MILTON GLASER AND HIS ICONIC POSTERS
Milton Glaser is a name that highly resonates in this century’s Graphic Design scene. Born in 1929, he revolutionized the visual arts of the 21st century with his work and vision.
Milton Glaser attended the High School of Music and Art and the Cooper Union art school in New York; later he went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy, through a Fulbright Scholarship.
His career is marked by his prolific production of iconic posters and prints: he made more than 300 posters for clients in the areas of publishing, music, theater, film, institutional and civic enterprise, as well as those for commercial products and services.
THE STARTING OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREER
In 1954 Milton Glaser started his career by co-founding the revolutionary Pushpin Studios, and in 1968 founded New York Magazine with Clay Felker. In 1974 he finally established Milton Glaser, Inc. and teamed with Walter Bernard in 1983 to form the publication design firm WBMG.
Among all the worldwide exhibitions where his artwork has been featured, is the one-man shows at both the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Milton Glaser’s work is also in the permanent collections of many museums.
His body of work ranges from the iconic logo to complete graphic and decorative programs for the restaurants in the World Trade Center in New York.
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Among numerous professional awards, he is the recipient of The Society of Illustrator’s Gold Medal, the St. Gauden’s Medal from The Cooper Union, and the Prix Savignac for the World’s Most Memorable Poster of 1996.
Milton Glaser is a member of The Art Director’s Club Hall of Fame and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).
He holds honorary doctorates from The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Moore College; Philadelphia Museum School; The School of Visual Arts; Queens College, CUNY; the New York University at Buffalo, and London’s Royal College of Art.
He is an elected member of the Pinocateca in Bologna, Italy, and in 1992 received the Honors Awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
He received the 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, for his profound and meaningful long-term contribution to the contemporary practice of design.
MILTON GLASER IN ITALY
In 1989, Mr. Glaser had many exhibitions in Italy, as the one-man show of posters at the Vicenza Museum, and another, “Giorgio Morandi/Milton Glaser,” at the Galleria Communale d’Arte Moderna in Bologna.
In 1991, he was commissioned by the Italian government to create an exhibition in tribute to the Italian artist, Piero della Francesca, for part of the celebrations on the occasion of his 500th anniversary. This show opened in Arezzo, Italy and one year later (under the sponsorship of Campari) moved to Milan.
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