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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 25, 1921 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Died | February 9, 2018 (aged 96) |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Medal record | |
Edward T. Vebell (May 25, 1921 – February 9, 2018) was an American fencer and illustrator.[1]
Early life
[edit]Vebell was born in Chicago, to Lithuanian parents.[2] He attended art school from the age of fourteen.[2]
Sport
[edit]Vebell competed in the individual (semi-finalist) and team épée events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3] Vebell was elected to the US Fencing Hall of Fame in April 2014.
Illustrator
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After working as an illustrator in Chicago, Vebell enlisted in the United States Army during World War II.[2] He became a staff artist for Stars & Stripes. Vebell later headed the Anzio, Italy Stars & Stripes office, where he worked with Bill Mauldin and Gregor Duncan. Vebell claimed that he was the one who convinced Mauldin to switch from a pen to a brush for his WWII cartoons. Vebell was an official courtroom artist for the Nuremberg war trials, often having to view and drawing the courtroom scenes through binoculars, because it was so crowded. Many of his Nuremberg works are now in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.[2]
As a professional illustrator and artist, his commissions include work for the United States Postal Service. He also executed commissions for many periodicals, including a long run as Reader's Digest's most popular illustrator.[citation needed]
Later life
[edit]After the war, he moved to Westport with his wife, Elsa Cerra.[4] They had three daughters.[4]
In February 2018 he was honored by the Westport Historical Society with an autobiographical exhibit that paid homage to his career and achievements.
He died on February 9, 2018, aged 96.[4]
Works
[edit]- Ed, Vebell (2017). An Artist at War, the WWII Memories of Stars & Stripes Artist Ed Vebell. Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0764353147.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Remembering Ed Vebell". Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "An Afternoon with Illustration Legend Ed Vebell - Norman Rockwell Museum - The Home for American Illustration". Norman Rockwell Museum. July 29, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed Vebell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Memorial for Ed Vebell — the 'most interesting man in Westport' — memorial set for Saturday". Ct Insider. February 14, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
External links
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- Edward Vebell at Olympedia
- Edward Vebell at InterSportStats
- Norman Rockwell Museum, "An Afternoon with Illustration Legend Ed Vebell", July 2010.
- Artwork by Edward Vebell
- Bedford Fine Art Gallery: Edward T. Vebell
- The Curious Case of Ed Vebell: Westport Historical Society Archived February 20, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
- 1921 births
- 2018 deaths
- American male épée fencers
- Olympic fencers for the United States
- Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Artists from Chicago
- Fencers from Chicago
- World War II artists
- 20th-century American war artists
- United States Army artists
- Fencers at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in fencing
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in fencing
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- American people of Lithuanian descent
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 20th-century American illustrators