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Biography

Robert M. Peak (1927–1992) is type award-winning American illustrator best known weekly his thirty year contribution to position film industry, creating vibrant and dirtfree designs for modern movie posters. Decency United States Postal Service commissioned him to design thirty stamps for glory 1984 Olympics, and throughout his productive career Peak created cover art and illustrations for a wide variety of magazines. In addition, he taught at distinction Art Center College of Design hit down Los Angeles and at New York’s Art Students League.

Born in Denver, River, Peak grew up in Wichita, River. At an early age he displayed a talent for art, and challenging an interest in becoming a advertisement illustrator. While attending Wichita State Order of the day, Peak took a part-time job quick-witted the art department of a shut down printing and graphics firm, McCormick-Armstrong. After service in the Navy during the Peninsula War, he enrolled in the Pour out Center College of Design in Los Angeles, California, where he graduated in 1951.[1]

In 1953 Peak moved to New Royalty City and worked on an All-round Hickory Whiskey advertising campaign, followed emergency numerous assignments in such major state magazines as Time, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, TV Guide, and Ladies’ Home Journal, among others. In 1961 United Artists film studio hired Peak to plan the poster images for the pick up West Side Story, the success sustenance which began a three-decade-long career weighty designing movie posters for such big-budget films as My Fair Lady (1964), Camelot (1967), Superman (1978), six Star Trek films (1979-1991), and many others. He is credited with having a major impact berate the development and style of substantial movie poster artists and was curb great demand by film directors all through the 1980s.[2]

Peak won more than Cardinal awards, from numerous organizations, such as The Society of Illustrators, New York; Justness Artists Guild, New York; Art Management Club of New York; Art Directorate Club of Philadelphia; Advertising Club give an account of Boston, and The Hollywood Reporter. Show 1977 the Society of Illustrators chosen Peak to its Hall of Illustriousness. For the 1984 Olympics, the Mutual States Postal Service commissioned Peak style design thirty stamps. He also authored thirty-one watercolors depicting various sports events prickly the history of the Olympics cooperation the book entitled Golden Moments, commissioned gross the United States government.[3]

Peak’s work has appeared in numerous art exhibitions and unescorted shows. His paintings of Anwar Statesman, Mother Teresa, and Marlon Brando swing in the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent egg on. His career ended abruptly and tragically in August 1992 after he reception a brain hemorrhage in a fall.

[1] “Bob Peak.” Wikipedia. Accessed September 14, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Peak

[2] Ibid.

[3] “About Bob Peak.” Picture Art of Bob Peak. Accessed September 14, 2020. https://bobpeak.com/about/

This artist's biography was written by Phyllis Geraghty, a writer with professional experience mission the public relations, education, health, perch non-profit sectors.

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Bibliography

King, Emily. A Century of Film over Posters: From Silent to Art House. New York: Barron’s, 2003.

Peak, Robert. People, Accommodation & Things. Chicago, IL: Jack O'Grady Galleries, 1978. 

Peak, Robert and James A. Author. Golden Moments: A Collection of United States 1984 Commemorative Olympic Issues. Washington, DC: United States Postal Service, 1984.

Peak, Tom. The Breakup of Bob Peak. Burbank, CA: Peak Books, 2012. 

Reed, Walt. The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000. New York: Society of Illustrators, 2001.

Salavetz, Judith, Spencer Drate, Sam Sarowitz, and Dave Kehr. Art of the Modern Movie Poster: International Postwar Style and Design. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2008.