Bernie Fuchs
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Bernard Fuchs (born 1932 in O'Fallon, Illinois) is an American illustrator. He attended Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1954.
He has painted portraits of several U.S. Presidents including John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. His works are also of athletes and celebrities such as Muhammad Ali, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Ted Koppel and Katharine Hepburn.
In 1991, Fuchs was named Sport Artist of the Year by the American Sport Art Museum and Archives. Fuchs was commissioned for the illustration of four U.S. postage stamps which were released in 1998. The stamps featured folk musicians Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry and Josh White.
