14 Facts About Alexander Liberman

Alexander Semeonovitch Liberman was a Ukrainian-American magazine editor, publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor.

Alexander Liberman held senior artistic positions during his 32 years at Conde Nast Publications.

Young Liberman was educated in Ukraine, England, and France, where he took up life as a "White emigre" in Paris.

Only in the 1950s did Alexander Liberman take up painting and, later, metal sculpture.

Alexander Liberman was married briefly to Hildegarde Sturm, a model and competitive skier.

Alexander Liberman had operated a hat salon in Paris, then designed hats for Henri Bendel in Manhattan.

Alexander Liberman continued in millinery at Saks Fifth Avenue where she was billed as "Tatiana du Plessix" or "Tatiana of Saks", until the mid-1950s.

Alexander Liberman's stepdaughter, Francine du Plessix Gray, was a noted author.

Alexander Liberman started his career as a part-time design assistant to graphic artist AM Cassandre in Paris for approximately three months in 1930.

Alexander Liberman started working as a full-time painter in 1936.

Alexander Liberman began taking photographs in 1949 and sculpting in 1958.

Alexander Liberman was employed at Vogue magazine from 1941 for 58 years.

Alexander Liberman was hired by Conde Nast as an assistant to Vogue art director Mehemed Fehmy Agha against Agha's wishes and took over the position a year later.

From 1941 to 1962, Alexander Liberman succeeded Agha as the magazine's art editor.