Francis Cugat

Francis Cugat (born 1893—1981) was an artist whose most famous work was the original 1925 cover of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.[1]

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Biography

Little is known of Cugat other than that he was born in Spain in 1893 and was the older brother of bandleader Xavier Cugat.[2] The Cugat family emigrated to Cuba in 1903.[3] It is also known that at one time, Francis was a designer in Hollywood for Douglas Fairbanks and had a 1942 show in New York, well after his famous work for The Great Gatsby.[2]

Résumé of Known Work

Celestial Eyes - A painting for the cover of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Technicolor Color Consultant for the 1955 movie "Three for the Show".

References

  1. ^ Tate, Mary Jo (2007). Critical companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald: a literary reference to his life and work. Infobase Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 9780816064335. http://books.google.com/books?id=C90C_Du_lKIC&lpg=PA88&pg=PA88#v=onepage&f=false. 
  2. ^ a b Article on dust jacket for The Great Gatsby.
  3. ^ Internet Movie Database Biography of Xavier Cugat.

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