Hugo Guinness

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Hugo Guinness (* 12. September 1959 in London as Hugo Arthur Rundell Guinness ) is a British artist, illustrator and author. He is known for his illustrations in the New York Times and his thick black and white art prints that have been used in various films and publications.

Life

Hugo Guinness belongs to the famous Guinness family, best known for the Guinness that is named after them , but also spawned a number of bankers. Including his father James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness (1924-2006), a highly decorated World War II veteran, long-time chairman of the Public Works Loan Board, banker at Guinness Mahon, the Guinness Peat Group and the Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association (today known as Aviva ). Hugo Guinness attended Eton College .

He first worked as a copywriter for Collett Dickenson Pearce , as an investment banker for Guinness Mahon, and founded Coldpiece Pottery. As an artist, he uses black and white colors and makes illustrations with thick lines. His art is characterized by focusing on relatively ordinary objects in a simple but humorous way. The drawings brought him to The New Yorker , the New York Times and Vogue, among others . Some of his artwork was used for the clothing companies Pussy Glamor and Coach New York . His works of art are collected by Heath Ledger , Amanda Peet , Natalie Portman , Michelle Williams , Jack Pierson , Anna Wintour and, last but not least, by director Wes Anderson .

The latter used artwork by Guinness in his films The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and The Deep Sea Divers (2004). Guinness was the voice actor on The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) as the voice of Nathan Bunce. As a writer, he tried his hand at Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). For this he received a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 2015 Academy Awards together with Wes Anderson.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hugo Arthur Rundell Guinness on thepeerage.com , accessed September 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Marshall Heyman: The Fashionable Collaborations of Coach . Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ Matthew Sebra: Coming Soon: Hugo Guinness for Coach . GQ . January 26, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ Table of Contents: June 2, 2008 . The New Yorker . August 1, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ Best Bet: Hugo Guinness for Coach - The Cut . New York Magazine . January 27, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Guinness, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guinness, Hugo Arthur Rundell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British artist, illustrator and author
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH London