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Charles Santore

In 1940's South Philadelphia, Charles Santore's artistic talent made him something of a local celebrity. But he grew up in a working-class section of town in which nothing was taken for granted. His neighbors regularly dared the young Santore to let public scrutiny be the judge. "Oh, yeah?" they would say. "You think you're an artist? Let's see you draw me." Again and again, as he took up the challenge with his pencil, an uncanny likeness would emerge. By the time he was in high school, people stopped leveling challenges and started to pay Santore for portraits.

In South Philly, his right hook was another useful skill. As a child with a stuttering problem, Santore compensated for any communication problems by throwing the first punch. He started smoking at age eleven. To complement the vice, he began hanging out at pool halls, where he picked up the game. But for all the hard-knocks sound of it, people were comfortable, and Santore's childhood happy. Six blocks from his house was the Liberty Bell, which he and the gang used

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Charles Santore’s (b. Philadelphia, 1935) work as an illustrator is celebrated and diverse. Not only has he illustrated for top advertising agencies and leading magazines (TV Guide, Redbook, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, Reader’s Digest, Time, Life, Newsweek, and other publications) but his artwork is also included in distinguished collections such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Brandywine River Museum in Pennsylvania and the Free Library of Philadelphia. Since 1986, Santore has added children’s book illustration to his broad body of work, including the following classics: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Other Cherished Stories, Aesop’s Fables, The Wizard of Oz, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, The Fox and the Rooster, Paul Revere's Ride; the Landlord’s Tale, The Camel’s Lament, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Night before Christmas and version of Jack and the Beanstalk for limited Internet distribution. Santore most recently illustrated Margery Williams Bianco’s beloved The Velveteen Rabbit, which,

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Obituary: Charles Santore

Illustrator Charles Santore, widely recognized for the realistically detailed paintings in his interpretations of beloved children’s stories, died on August 11. He was 84.

Santore was born March 16, 1935 in Philadelphia, where he grew up in a working-class neighborhood not far from the Liberty Bell. According to a profile for Communication Arts, Santore began smoking at age 11 and began hanging out at local pool halls at about the same time. He enjoyed drawing from an early age as well, and earned some notoriety—and eventually some money—by drawing portraits of his neighbors.

Santore accepted a scholarship to the Philadelphia Museum School of Art (now University of the Arts), where he honed his talent and created images influenced by such artists as N.C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle, founder of the Brandywine School style of illustration. After graduating in 1956, Santore served in the U.S. Army and then returned to his hometown, where he began working as a commercial illustrator.

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