List of People From Westport, Connecticut - Artists, Illustrators, Cartoonists, Designers

Artists, Illustrators, Cartoonists, Designers

  • William Glackens (1870–1938), a realist painter, died in town.
  • Hilla von Rebay (1890–1967), painter and founding curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, spent the last years of her life in Greens Farms and died there in 1967.
  • Stevan Dohanos (1907–1994) an artist and illustrator known for his Saturday Evening Post covers, lived in town.
  • Annie Leibovitz (b. 1949), portrait photographer, was born in town.
  • Joe McNally, photographer, former resident
  • Mel Casson, cartoonist lived and died in Westport.
  • Gerry Turner (1921–1992) photographer.
  • George Hand Wright (1872–1951), painter and illustrator.

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