Fred Lynch (illustrator)
Fred Lynch is an American illustrator and educator from Cumberland, Rhode Island.[1] Lynch is best known for his editorial and book illustrations for The Atlantic, Penguin and Random House[2] as well as in situ paintings of the Boston-area and Italy.[3] He is also known for journalistic illustration,[4] urban sketching,[5] teaching, and lecturing internationally[6] about on-site art making. Lynch was a featured artist on a Boston episode of the Travel Channel's television series Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern,[7] as an expert about the route of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride.[8]
Teaching[edit]
Lynch is an illustration professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD),[9] where he has won the John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching.[10] Lynch graduated in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design in 1986.[10] He is also a professor and chair of the Illustration Department at Montserrat College of Art[6] and a recipient of the Carlos Dorrien Award for Teaching Excellence.
Artist Shepard Fairey's first project to garner international attention, the "André the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign, which later evolved into the "Obey Giant" campaign, began in 1989 as an assignment in Lynch's class at the RISD.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Miller, Adam (March 2016). "Fred Lynch". Tryptic Press.
- ^ Lines and Colors: Fred Lynch
- ^ Salem State University Exhibition: A Sense of Place - Fred Lynch and Michael McLaughlin
- ^ Drawing on Experience in Italy
- ^ "Why You Should Keep a Daily Sketchbook—and How to Get Started". Artsy. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ a b "Had to Be There: Drawing on Experience (Lecture C)". Barcelona Urban Sketching Symposium. 2013. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ Drawing on American History
- ^ Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Current Exhibitions—Paul Revere’s Ride Revisited: Drawings by Fred Lynch,”
- ^ RISD Illustration Faculty
- ^ a b "RISD Recognizes Excellence in Teaching". Rhode Island School of Design. 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Ensuring a Strong Start" (PDF). RISDxyz. 2015-06-01. p. 62. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
Fred Lynch 86 IL - taught the editorial illustration course that inspired Fairey's notorious Cianci billboard liberation project.