About Cooper Union
Peter Cooper founded the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art on his fundamental belief that an education should be accessible to those who qualify, independent of their…
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About Charles Skaggs
…(calligraphy and the history of the alphabet) at Cooper Union in 1952.2Ibid. Salter recommended Ismar David to Cooper in 1954 and in July, David reached out to Skaggs. Copy of…
A Tribute to George Salter
…by giving of himself so much to his students, has helped to establish the outstanding reputation which Cooper Union enjoyed during the decades of his teaching. George Salter’s concern for…
About Mary Ahern
Mary Ahern, student at Cooper Union, art director and book designer at Atheneum Books. Letterpress printing & illustration by Mary Ahern Mary Ahern was an art director at Atheneum, when…
About Jeanyee Wong
…10, she moved from San Francisco to the Bronx with her family. She attended Haaren High School on 10th Avenue and 59th Street. After graduating from Cooper Union, where she…
About Philip Grushkin
Philip Grushkin, 1921–1998, graphic artist, book designer. Philip Grushkin’s business card. Like his classmate, Jeanyee Wong, Phil Grushkin studied calligraphy at Cooper Union under George Salter. Grushkin went on to…
About Ruth and Jim McCrea
…taught typography at Cooper Union for a decade. In 1980 they retired to East Hampton, where Ruth fell victim to a dollhouse obsession, enabled by Jim and often benefitting the…
The First Class
An undated typescript for Ismar David’s evening class at Cooper Union, almost certainly from the 1950s. Let me introduce myself—I am your instructor, Ismar David. I am going to do…
About Tully Filmus
…Willem de Kooning. He taught at the Cooper Union from 1938–50. He was known for his portraits of notable people, like Eleanor Roosevelt and Jonas Salk, as well as many…
About Paul Standard
…in Manhattan and were fixtures at graphic arts events in New York City. He taught at the Parson’s School of Design and at Cooper Union concurrently with Ismar David. In…