Lillian Chestney
| Lillian Chestney | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 22, 1913 |
| Died | August 6, 2000 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Pratt Institute, Art Students League of New York |
| Known for | Illustrator (children's books, comic books) |
| Notable work | Arabian Nights, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, Gulliver's Travels |
| Spouse(s) | Stanley Maxwell Zuckerberg |
| Awards | Society of Illustrators for Best Advertisement of 1948, Citation for Merit from the Society of Illustrators in 1961 and 1965 |
Lillian Chestney (September 22, 1913 – August 6, 2000) was an American illustrator and painter. She studied in New York City and illustrated children's books, comic books (during the Golden Age of Comic Books), and magazine and book covers at a time when few women held artist positions in the industry.
Later in life she painted waterfront scenes in Eastern Canada and Northeastern America.
Lillian Chestney was born in 1913 and studied art in New York City. In the 1930s, she attended the Pratt Institute on an art scholarship and later studied at the Art Students League of New York. She married Stanley Maxwell Zuckerberg, who she met at Pratt, on June 22, 1941. Zuckerman also studied at the Arts Students League and worked for Gilberton, using the name Stanley Maxwell.
During World War II, Zuckerberg was in the XXI Bomber Command's 58th Bombardment Wing. For a brief period of time during the war, the couple had separated. The couple had shared career pursuits, both being artists and having worked as illustrators, and had a close relationship.
In 1960 and 1964 Chestney lived in Levittown, Long Island, New York.
Chestney worked as an illustrator and cartoonist in 1940s and 1950s, creating "highly skilled, realistic, and fanciful paintings."
Chestney illustrated Arabian Nights, including the tales of Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor and The Story of the Magic Horse. Published in February 1943, it was the eighth issue in the Classic Comics series and her first illustrated comic book. It was released soon after the Hollywood movie of the same name, though of a different subject matter. The story was based on the folk tale One Thousand and One Nights, from the Islamic Golden Age, in which Scheherazade postponed her execution by telling a new tale each night.
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