Lillian Chestney was an American illustrator and painter.
11 Facts About Lillian Chestney
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Lillian Chestney studied in New York City and illustrated children's books, comic books, and magazine and book covers at a time when few women held artist positions in the industry.
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Lillian Chestney was born in 1913 and studied art in New York City.
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Lillian Chestney married Stanley Maxwell Zuckerberg, who she met at Pratt, on June 22,1941.
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In 1960 and 1964 Lillian Chestney lived in Levittown, New York.
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In 1961 a revision of Arabian Nights was printed in which Lillian Chestney's illustrations replaced with new artwork by Charles Berger.
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Lillian Chestney created advertisements for cook books and music books and covers for paperback romance novels, but she specialized in illustrating children's books.
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Later in life Lillian Chestney painted waterfront scenes of Nova Scotia and New England, based upon the vacations she had taken there with her husband.
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Lillian Chestney contributions were recognized in commercial arts when she won the award from the Society of Illustrators for Best Advertisement of 1948.
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Lillian Chestney earned the Citation for Merit from the Society of Illustrators in 1961 and 1965.
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Lillian Chestney is in the Who's who in Commercial Art and Photography of 1960 and 1964.