Lyle Tuttle

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Lyle Tuttle 2018 with a picture by Horst Linienbach

Lyle Tuttle (born October 7, 1931 in Chariton , Iowa ; † March 26, 2019 in Ukiah , California ) was considered one of the most famous tattoo artists in the USA, he began to tattoo professionally in 1949 . Tuttle tattooed Janis Joplin , Cher , Henry Fonda , Paul Stanley , the Rolling Stones , Joan Baez and several other well-known musicians and celebrities, among others . In 1970 Rolling Stone magazine had a cover story and in 1972 Life magazine covered Tuttle in detail.

biography

Lyle Tuttle (with panties only) at the 1976 Houston Tattoo Convention; Speaker David Yurkew

Tuttle was born in 1931, the son of farmer Howard H. Tuttle (born November 11, 1899 in Chariton ; February 14, 1989 in Ukiah) and his wife Erma Opal (born December 12, 1901 as Erma O. Kaster; † August 19, 1987 in Ukiah), born and raised in Ukiah, California. He received his first tattoo at the age of fourteen. Like many of the tattoo pioneers, Tuttle began tattooing by hand; In 1946 he moved to San Francisco, during which time he met Horst Linienbach, who was imprisoned in various POW camps from 1944 , most recently in California. From 1949 he worked professionally with a tattoo machine . Tuttle took as a soldier of the Marines on Korean War in part, from which he with severe frostbite returned home. He was honored for these war injuries. He married Betty Lawson on July 4, 1954, and they were married in Reno. In 1956 he started in Bert Grimm's shop in San Diego, and in 1957 he opened his own studio in San Francisco. For about 40 years he worked as a tattoo artist on six continents and, as he himself emphasized, “never knowingly tattooed a minor”. In October 1970, Tuttle gave the journalist Amie Hill an extensive interview, which was published as the cover story in Rolling Stone magazine ; the pictures were taken by the renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz . Tuttle coined the phrase “tattooists have to live with their mistakes, doctors bury them”. In 1976, photographer Imogen Cunningham created a series of Tuttle images.

Theodor Vetter 1979 with a Tuttle shirt

In the 1970s, Tuttle gained a reputation as “the star tattoo artist” and his connection to the women's liberation movement did the rest. "The tattoo of Janis Joplin, Joan Baez and Cher brought Tuttle in California a celebrity status and he was inundated with requests for armband tattoos, butterflies, heart, rose buds and flowers." In 1972, Tuttle left a large series of T-shirts customize, which as a print reflected his entire upper body tattoo. The shirt became a cult item reported by LIFE Magazine in March 1972 . The shirt was newly made in 2018 in a limited / numbered edition as part of the retrospective entitled Lyle Tuttle: 70 years in Tattooing retrospective and fundraising .

The first international tattoo convention was held by Lyle Tuttle and David Yurkew on April 24-25 . Held in Houston , Texas on Jan. On January 19 and 21, 1996, Yurkew and Tuttle hosted the 20th anniversary of the first world tattoo convention in Houston.

In 1990 Tuttle retired. At the Tattoo Convention Frankfurt in May 2000, he initiated a fundraising campaign for his old friend Horst Straßenbach . Occasionally he would tattoo his signature on friends and acquaintances. In 2001 he sold his tattoo parlor. His collection of more than 800 electric tattoo machines from 1897 to the present is owned by a foundation based in his hometown of Ukiah. This also includes many antique tattoo templates and photos of well-known tattoo artists and tattooed people.

Late years

Lyle Tuttle 2018 in conversation with Manfred Kohrs

In the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco found from 21 to 23 September 2018 retrospective titled 70 years in Tattooing retrospective and fundraising: Lyle Tuttle instead.

From October 26th to 28th, 2018, Tuttle gave an interview to tattoo researcher Manfred Kohrs . It was the last extensive audio and visual documentation of his life and work. Lyle Tuttle passed away peacefully at his home in Ukiah on the night of March 25, 2019, aged 87. He leaves behind his wife Judy (Aurre) and their daughter Suzanne Tuttle from their previous marriage to Betty Lawson.

“On March 25th, 2019 the big heart of one of the most valuable tattoo pioneers stopped beating. The tattoo scene mourns the loss of a really great man - rest in peace Lyle. "

- Tattoo Spirit magazine

Trivia

Lyle Tuttle.jpg

“For example, I don't tattoo my hands, feet, neck or face. I don't have any tattoos there. If I don't have tattoos in those places, you don't need them either. And as a tattoo artist, you need a conscience. I can ruin your life for you, really now. I can tattoo some crap on your forehead. But I don't need it that I have to do something like that. If someone wants something like that, he should run down the street and he will find someone who will do it for him, but then it won't burden my conscience. "

- Lyle Tuttle

literature

Web links

Commons : Lyle Tuttle  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel E. Slotnick: Lyle Tuttle, Who Recast Tattooing's Image Pore by Pore, Dies at 87. In: The New York Times , April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ Chuck Brank: Lyle Tuttle: Forefather of modern tattooing (interview) . Prick Magazine. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2006.
  3. ^ Myra Friedman: Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin. Crown 2011, ISBN 0-307-7905-25 , p. 206.
  4. ↑ Cf. Marcel Feige , Das Tattoo- und Piercing Lexikon, ISBN 3-89602-209-1 , p. 331.
  5. ^ Marriage on December 24, 1921
  6. ^ Daniel E. Slotnik: Lyle Tuttle, Who Recast Tattooing's Image Pore by Pore, Dies at 87 . In: New York Times, April 3, 2019.
  7. ↑ Darline Bergere: Legendary Locals of Ukiah. Arcadia Publishing 2015, ISBN 1-467-1018-26 , p. 91.
  8. ^ Albert L. Morse, The Tattoists, 1st Edition 1977, ISBN 0-918320-01-1 , p. 56
  9. ^ Manfred Kohrs: Horst H. Linienbach the forgotten pioneer. In: Tattoo Kulture Magazine Issue No.32 of April 12, 2019, pp. 28-40.
  10. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Aaron Beck: For tattoo master, every mark is special 2006-05-13 )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.columbusdispatch.com
  11. ↑ Ukhia Dayly Journal, July 15, 1954, p. 2.
  12. ↑ Marcel Feige : The Tattoo and Piercing Lexicon. ISBN 3-89602-209-1 , p. 329.
  13. ↑ Marcel Feige: The Tattoo and Piercing Lexicon , ISBN 3-89602-209-1 , p. 331.
  14. ^ Judith Fryer Davidov: Women's Camera Work: Self / body / other in American Visual Culture. Duke University Press 1998, ISBN 0-822-3206-73 , p. 379-
  15. ↑ Frankie Harrington: San Francisco's Iconic Illustrated Man In: The SanFranciscan, February 25, 2019.
  16. ↑ LIFE March 10, 1972, Volume 72, No. 9.
  17. ↑ Manfred Kohrs : From the Past - First US-Tattoo Convention Houson / Texas 1976 , in: Tattoo Kulture Magazine 37, March / April 2020, pp. 88-89.
  18. ↑ Marcel Feige: The Tattoo and Piercing Lexicon , p. 282.
  19. ↑ Lyle Tuttle has died. In: Tattoo Spirit. March 27, 2019, accessed March 31, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Danielle Boiardi: Lyle Tuttle: 70 Years in Tattooing - Retrospective Tattoo Art Collection Exhibit and Celebration, Palace of Fine Arts, Sept. 21-23, 2018. In: Digitaljournal. August 27, 2018, accessed March 30, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Manfred Kohrs: From the Past - First US-Tattoo Convention Houson / Texas 1976 , in: Tattoo Kulture Magazine 37, March / April 2020, pp. 88-89.
  22. ↑ Barbara Sobel: Lyle Tuttle Legendary San Francisco Tattoo Artist Dies at 87. In: guardianlv.com. March 27, 2019, accessed March 29, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Text: Pascal Bagot, translation: Dirk-Boris Rödel: Lyle Tuttle - The tattoo artist whom women trusted. In: taetowiermagazin.de. March 27, 2019, accessed March 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Tuttle, Lyle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tattoo artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Chariton , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2019
Place of death Ukiah , California