Zacron

Zacron, born Richard Drew[1] (1943 - January 2012) was an English artist who designed the Led Zeppelin III album cover.[1][2]

Zacron was born in Sutton, Surrey in 1943.[3] He studied painting, drawing, design and etching at Studio 35 in Surbiton from 1957-1960 with Eric Clapton, and later at Kingston College of Art where he met Jimmy Page. He lectured at Leeds College of Art from 1967-1970.[3]

Zacron's innovation in graphic techniques laid the foundation for his creation of the Led Zeppelin III album cover in 1970.[3] This album cover is a small component of a vast and varied body of work spanning five decades, with much of his work having a close association to rock and roll.[4] He also designed the sleeve for Fancy's 1975 album Something To Remember.[1]

Zacron has been described as "multi-sided and multi-talented" with "a robust ethos of independence and bravery, a lifelong quest for knowledge".[4] He was a public advocate of artistic freedom and a notable financial contributor to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London for terminally ill children, organised by Light and Sound at Abbey Road Studios.[3]

Zacron died in January 2012 from bowel cancer, but his death was not revealed publicly until August that year.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Led Zeppelin cover artist dies, classicrockmagazine.com, retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Norwich Fringe Festival". Norwich Evening News 24. September 30, 2004. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Zacron Information, Zacron.com, retrieved 6 February 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Meredith Gunderson, Press Release, 20 November 2008, City Inn Hotels and Number Nine the Gallery, retrieved 6 February 2012.