Charles Front
Charles Front is a British illustrator, best known for the 1965 Beatles album Rubber Soul.
He has illustrated several books, including A Child's Bible, Never Say Macbeth, The Great White Whale, The Little Dressmaker and Carbonel and Calidor. He worked on the BBC children's TV series Jackanory.
Front taught art and illustration at the Barking College Of Technology in the 1970's, and one of his students was special effects artist and animator Alan Friswell who is currently the official restorer for the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation. Friswell credits Front as being an inspirational teacher and influence on his work.
He was the art editor of MANNA, the magazine of the Reform Judaism movement."MANNA100" (editorial). Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield. 10 July 2008. MANNA (ReformJudaism.org.uk). Archived 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
Sheila and Charles Front created children's books together. They are the parents of actress Rebecca Front.
External links
- "News briefing: Iconic Beatles artwork under the hammer", UK News: The Observer, 16 June 2007 (theguardian.com)
- "The Things you Didn't Know you Didn't Know ... about Charles Front" at Rod McKie Illustrations and Cartoons, 1 August 2010
- Charles Front at publisher New York Review Books (NYRB.com)
- Charles Front on IMDb
- Charles Front at LibraryThing
- Charles Front at Library of Congress Authorities, with 8 catalogue records
- Sheila Front at LC Authorities, 3 records, and at WorldCat