Lillian Chestney

Lillian Chestney (September 22, 1913 August 6, 2000) was an American illustrator and painter. She studied in New York City and illustrated children's books, comic books (during the Golden Age of Comic Books), and magazine and book covers at a time when few women held artist positions in the industry.

Lillian Chestney
Born(1913-09-22)September 22, 1913
New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 6, 2000(2000-08-06) (aged 86)
NationalityAmerican
EducationPratt Institute, Art Students League of New York
Known forIllustrator (children's books, comic books)
Notable workArabian Nights, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, Gulliver's Travels
SpouseStanley Maxwell Zuckerberg
AwardsSociety of Illustrators for Best Advertisement of 1948, Citation for Merit from the Society of Illustrators in 1961 and 1965

Later in life she painted waterfront scenes in Eastern Canada and Northeastern America.

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