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Ernest CHIRIACKA
Born in 1913, Ernest Chiriacka started drawing at the age of three using bits of charcoal found in fireplaces. In 1927, as an industrious teenager, he painted signs for local stores, and was hired to work at a professional sign painting shop. As a student, he was permitted to join the art program at the Brooklyn Museum of Art were he was allowed to copy the masters. He received his earliest training at the Grand Central School of Design, studying under Harvey Dunn. He later enrolled in the National Academy of Design Art School and was a lifelong member of the Arts Students League in New York. In 1939 his first published story illustrations appeared in Street & Smith's pulp magazine Love Story, and he subsequently sold freelance pulp covers for many well-known pulp titles. His pulp covers were usually left unsigned, and he used a variety of psuedonyms, such as Acka, Darcy, and A.D. He is given printed credit as "Ernest Chiriacka" on the contents pages of only a few Ace Magazine titles. In 1950 he joined the American Artists Agency and began a successful career as a slick magazine illustrator for American Magazine, Colliers, Coronet, Argosy, Saturday Evening Post, and Esquire, where his pin-up calendar art brought him his greatest renown. He painted many paperback covers up until 1965, and then retired from commerical illustration to concentrate on painting visionary landscapes of the Old West, which have continued to attract appreciative collectors at fine art galleries around the world.
There are 4 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.
Ernest CHIRIACKA - Preliminary sketch for "No More Tears"
Art Details
| Artist: | Ernest Chiriacka (All) |
| Media Type: | Mixed Media |
| Art Type: | Prelim |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 2721 |
| Comments: | 3 |
| Added to Site: | 5/31/2016 |
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| Member Since: | September 2008 |
Ernest CHIRIACKA - Preliminary sketch for "No More Tears"
Artist: Ernest Chiriacka (All)
2721 Views, 3 Comments
Ernest CHIRIACKA - Cover art for "Kings Row", 1951.
Art Details
| Artist: | Ernest Chiriacka (All) |
| Media Type: | Paint - Acrylic |
| Art Type: | Illustration |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1271 |
| Comments: | 2 |
| Added to Site: | 12/12/2014 |
About the Owner
| Fred W | |
| Member Since: | September 2008 |
Ernest CHIRIACKA - Cover art for "Kings Row", 1951.
Artist: Ernest Chiriacka (All)
1271 Views, 2 Comments
Ernest CHIRIACKA - Argosy story illustration, 1948.
Art Details
| Artist: | Ernest Chiriacka (All) |
| Media Type: | Paint - Acrylic |
| Art Type: | Illustration |
| For Sale Status: | MAKE AN OFFER |
| Views | 1761 |
| Comments: | 1 |
| Added to Site: | 12/11/2014 |
About the Owner
| Fred W | |
| Member Since: | September 2008 |
Ernest CHIRIACKA - Argosy story illustration, 1948.
Artist: Ernest Chiriacka (All)
1761 Views, 1 Comment
Ernest CHIRIACKA - Pulp illustration, 1945.
Art Details
| Artist: | Ernest Chiriacka (All) |
| Media Type: | Paint - Acrylic |
| Art Type: | Illustration |
| For Sale Status: | MAKE AN OFFER |
| Views | 1686 |
| Comments: | 2 |
| Added to Site: | 12/11/2014 |
About the Owner
| Fred W | |
| Member Since: | September 2008 |
Ernest CHIRIACKA - Pulp illustration, 1945.
Artist: Ernest Chiriacka (All)
1686 Views, 2 Comments
There are 4 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.
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