Patrick Nagel was an American artist and illustrator.
21 Facts About Patrick Nagel
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Patrick Nagel created popular illustrations on board, paper, and canvas, most of which emphasize the female form in a distinctive style, descended from Art Deco and pop art.
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Patrick Nagel's cover for the rock group Duran Duran's Rio album has been acclaimed as one of the greatest album covers of all time.
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In 1971, Patrick Nagel worked as a graphic designer for ABC Television, producing graphics for promotions and news broadcasts.
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Patrick Nagel produced album covers for recording artists such as Tommy James, Charlene, Thelma Houston and Cissy Houston.
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Patrick Nagel's 1982 painting for the album cover of rock group Duran Duran's hit album Rio, designed by Malcolm Garrett, became one of his best known images.
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The model in Patrick Nagel's painting has been identified as Marcie Hunt, who featured in a 1981 issue of Vogue Paris.
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Patrick Nagel worked for many commercial clients, including Intel, Lucky Strike cigarettes, Ballantine's Whiskey, and Budweiser.
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Patrick Nagel contributed to Playboy magazine between August 1975 and July 1984, with one of his paintings being published in every issue, most notably in the Playboy Advisor, Playboy Forum and Playboy After Hours columns.
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Patrick Nagel created roughly 285 pieces of art work for Playboy during his career.
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In 1977, Patrick Nagel made his first poster image for Mirage Editions, with whom he printed many images, his most famous being those of "Patrick Nagel women".
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The "Patrick Nagel woman" was developed over time and increased in popularity after Patrick Nagel began publishing his work with Playboy in 1975.
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Patrick Nagel worked with many models, including Playboy Playmates Cathy St George, Tracy Vaccaro and Shannon Tweed, and painted several celebrity portraits, including those of Joan Collins and Joanna Cassidy.
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Patrick Nagel's portraits were created by tracing a photograph of the subject with Patrick Nagel usually making edits to hair and clothing to better match his tastes and style.
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Model Marcie Hunt, whose image Patrick Nagel picked from a Vogue Paris feature, did not know she was used for the cover of Rio until forty-two years later.
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Patrick Nagel handled colors with rare originality and freedom; he forced perspective from flat, two-dimensional images; and he kept simplifying, working to convey more with fewer elements.
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Patrick Nagel died February 4,1984, after participating in a 15-minute celebrity "aerobathon" to raise funds for the American Heart Association in Santa Monica.
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An autopsy determined his cause of death was a heart attack, and a further autopsy revealed that Patrick Nagel had a congenital heart defect that went undetected his entire life.
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Patrick Nagel was survived by his wife, Jennifer Dumas, and his daughter from a previous marriage, Carole Nagel LaVigne.
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Against his parents' wishes and through no direction attributable to him, Patrick Nagel was cremated and his ashes scattered over the Pacific Ocean.
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Patrick Nagel has had a resurgence in the form of collaborations with mass-market brands.