After a few yearshe left the Press accepted commissions from them for many years. In 1957, he published Printing for Theatre. One of his apprentices was printmaker Peter Rutledge Koch.[3]
He developed an interest in early book illustration, leading to his The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle (1976), and (with his wife) A Medieval Mirror (1984), an account of early printed editions of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis.[4]
He died of congestive heart failure on 3 February 1988 in a hospital in San Francisco.[2]
Referencesedit
^ ab"The Work and Play of Adrian Wilson". University Libraries, The University of Iowa. David Schoonover, Rijn Templeton, Penny McKean. Retrieved 2022-04-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ abcdeMcGill, Douglas C. (1988-02-06). "Adrian Wilson, 64, a Printing Teacher and Book Designer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
^"Peter Koch Printer: A Forty-year Retrospective". Stanford Libraries, Stanford University. 2017. from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
^Berkeley: University of California Press. online edition
Further readingedit
Peter Rutledge Koch, "Three Philosophical Printers William Everson, Jack Stauffacher, and Adrian Wilson", in Parenthesis, 19 (2010 Autumn), pp. 12–17.
External linksedit
Douglas C. McGill, "Adrian Wilson, 64, A Printing Teacher and Book Designer", The New York Times, 6 February 1988.
adrian, wilson, book, designer, adrian, wilson, 1923, 1988, american, book, designer, author, influential, 1967, work, entitled, design, books, contents, early, life, education, career, references, further, reading, external, linksearly, life, education, edita. Adrian Wilson 1923 1988 1 was an American book designer and author of the influential 1967 work entitled The Design of Books Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksEarly life and education editAdrian Wilson was born on 1 July 1923 in Ann Arbor Michigan and raised in Beverly Massachusetts 2 1 He briefly attended Wesleyan University 2 He left college to join the war resistance movement where he learned about book design and graphic design 2 During World War II he was interned at Camp Angel in Waldport Oregon where he printed William Everson s anti war poems for Untide Press After the war he and his new wife Joyce Lancaster Wilson settled in San Francisco and helped to form the Interplayers Theater 2 In 1947 he studied architecture at the University of California Berkeley but soon left first to join Jack Stauffacher at the Greenwood Press and afterwards to join the University of California Press Career editAfter a few yearshe left the Press accepted commissions from them for many years In 1957 he published Printing for Theatre One of his apprentices was printmaker Peter Rutledge Koch 3 In 1958 he sold his press and along with his wife began a tour of Europe where they met Will Carter John Dreyfus Hermann Zapf Stanley Morison Beatrice Warde and Giovanni Mardersteig In 1983 he was an early recipient of a MacArthur Foundation award He developed an interest in early book illustration leading to his The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle 1976 and with his wife A Medieval Mirror 1984 an account of early printed editions of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis 4 He died of congestive heart failure on 3 February 1988 in a hospital in San Francisco 2 References edit a b The Work and Play of Adrian Wilson University Libraries The University of Iowa David Schoonover Rijn Templeton Penny McKean Retrieved 2022 04 09 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint others link a b c d e McGill Douglas C 1988 02 06 Adrian Wilson 64 a Printing Teacher and Book Designer The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2022 04 09 Peter Koch Printer A Forty year Retrospective Stanford Libraries Stanford University 2017 Archived from the original on 2021 07 30 Retrieved 2021 07 29 Berkeley University of California Press online editionFurther reading editPeter Rutledge Koch Three Philosophical Printers William Everson Jack Stauffacher and Adrian Wilson in Parenthesis 19 2010 Autumn pp 12 17 External links editDouglas C McGill Adrian Wilson 64 A Printing Teacher and Book Designer The New York Times 6 February 1988 Guide to the Adrian Wilson Papers at The Bancroft Library nbsp This article about making art out of books the arts related to bookbinding or the design of mass produced books is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adrian Wilson book designer amp oldid 1188363021, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
