Barry Blitt
| Barry Blitt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 30, 1958 Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec, Canada |
| Education | Ontario College of Art and Design |
| Known for | illustration, cartoons |
| Spouse(s) | Angie Silverstein |
Barry Blitt (born April 30, 1958 in Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec) is a Canadian-born American artist.
Barry Blitt is a cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his New Yorker covers and as a regular contributor to the op-ed page of the New York Times. Blitt creates his works in traditional pen and ink, as well as watercolors.
Blitt grew up in Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec, a municipality on the Island of Montreal. The artist's first publication credit came at age 16: a series of drawings in the Philadelphia Flyers 1974 yearbook. He graduated from The Ontario College of Art and Design and moved to the US in 1989.
Blitt's illustration work has been featured by publications such as The New Yorker,Vanity Fair,Rolling Stone, The Atlantic and others.
The artist is also well known for illustrating Frank Rich's Sunday op-ed column in the New York Times. Regarding that work, Rich is quoted as saying, "It's a long-distance collaboration – me in New York City, Barry in Connecticut – but one of the most satisfying I've had in my career."
Many of Blitt's New Yorker covers have been finalists for the Cover of the Year from the American Society of Magazine Editors, including, in 2008, Narrow Stance and I'll Get It!,First Anniversary in 2010, and The Book of Life in 2012.
Blitt is also credited with animation design by Saturday Night Live
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