Suzie Frankfurt
Suzanne "Suzie" Frankfurt (born August 21, 1931 in Los Angeles , California as Suzanne Allen ; † January 7, 2005 in Riverdale , Bronx , New York ) was an American designer and artist .
Life
Suzanne Allen worked for the advertising agency Young & Rubicam, where she met Stephen O. Frankfurt, the agency's art director, and married in 1955 . Stephen Frankfurt himself was among other things designer for film titles ; For example, he designed the opening credits for “ Whoever disturbs the nightingale ” (1962 with Gregory Peck ). The couple divorced in 1968.
Suzie met in 1959 the aspiring artist Andy Warhol for an opening in the Plaza Hotel in New York and designed with it the elaborate and humorous cookbook "Wild Raspberries" (Eng. "Wild Raspberries") having an eponymous exhibition at New York's Bodley Gallery concomitantly illustrated. She also designed numerous greeting cards and other gift items together with Warhol.
Suzie Frankfurt died of a brain tumor on January 7, 2005 at the age of 73 in the Hebrew Home for the Aged (Bronx / NYC) retirement home .
publication
- Andy Warhol, Suzie Frankfurt: Wild raspberries , 1959. Reprinted 1997, Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 0-8212-2340-2 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frankfurt, Suzie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frankfurt, Suzanne; Allen, Suzanne (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American designer and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 2005 |
| Place of death | Riverdale , Bronx , New York |