Victor Stabin | |
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 Victor Stabin | |
| Born | (1954-03-05)March 5, 1954 (age 71) |
| Known for | Artist |
| Notable work | Book: Daedal Doodle  |
| Movement | Eco-Surrealist |
| Website | www.victorstabin.com |
Victor Stabin (born March 5, 1954) is an American artist, "eco-surrealist" painter, author and illustrator.[1] He is noted for his work in education and has used his bookDaedal Doodle as a teaching tool in several schools, an endeavor sponsored by theNational Endowment for the Arts.[2]
Stabin was born inBrooklyn. His, father, Jack Stabin worked on theManhattan Project.[1] His mother Florence was a piano teacher in Brooklyn.
Stabin began his formal education as an artist at theArt Students League of New York attending summers from age 13 to 17. He also attended theHigh School of Art and Design from which he graduated in 1972. He then studied at Los Angeles'Art Center College of Design before continuing his education at theSchool of Visual Arts inNew York City.[2]
Stabin began his career as an illustrator. He worked for numerous different publications includingNewsweek,The New York Times,Time Magazine andRolling Stone as well as designing book covers for publishersPenguin Books,Random House and others.[1] Some of his most well-known work as an illustrator includes painting nine stamps for theUnited States Postal Service, the cover forKISS' albumUnmasked, and a mural forRCA/BMG's headquarters.[1][3]
TheUnited States Postal Service has hired Stabin to design a number of stamps. He created aHenry Mancini stamp in 2003 which led to him being hired again in 2005 this time to create four of the American scientists series stamps: physicistRichard Feynman, thermodynamicistWillard Gibbs, geneticistBarbara McClintock and mathematicianJohn von Neumann.[4][5] He was again hired by theUSPS in 2008 and created the artwork for stamps depicting four more American scientists—theoretical physicistJohn Bardeen, biochemistGerty Cori, astronomerEdwin Hubble and chemistLinus Pauling.[4]
At age 44 Stabin was diagnosed with cancer and told he had a 50% chance of survival.[1] In the years since his recovery Stabin has moved from illustration to focus on his own work.
Stabin has created a number of paintings entitledThe Turtle Series which includesKeep Your Eye on the Ball,Fish Ferris Wheel, and his most recent work,Hatchlings.[6]
Stabin has also authored a book calledDaedal Doodle which features illustrations andalliterations created by the artist. This work, published in 2011, has been used by Stabin as a teaching tool in a number of schools.[2]Susan Orlean ofThe New Yorker described it as "original and sly", whileLeonard Lopate ofWNYC Radio called it, "a visual stunner with delightful definitions".NPR commentator and University of Pennsylvania professorJeremy Siegel said that looking at the book reminded him of the first time he saw the work ofM.C. Escher."[6] A monthly version of ''Daedal Doodle is published inICON under the title "Alliteration of the Month".[7]
Stabin and his wife, Joan Morykin,[8] renovated a 15,000-square-foot, 170-year-old, former factory building inJim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Now called the Stabin Morykin Building, it includes the Victor Stabin Gallery, an art workshop space, and Cafe Arielle restaurant.[9] The galleries currently house the work of Stabin as well as that of his students.
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