Larry the Goniff

…of the year in 1948. Hoffman taught illustration and lettering at Cooper Union from 1960–1967 and was a Professor of Art at C.W. Post University from 1967-1976. Filmmaker David Hoffman,…

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About George Kratina

…at Cooper Union and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Architect John Heyduk recalled Kratina as a “passionate teacher who never saw anything bad in your work, he always pulled out whatever was…

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About Abram Kanof

…With many thanks. Sincerely yours, Abram Kanof, M.D. Professor David responded on July 14, during a time of some professional distress. He had been among the instructors that Cooper Union

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About Robert Haas

…with printing the historically trouble-prone Frick Collection catalogue. Haas taught calligraphy (and later typography) at Cooper Union, concurrently with Ismar David. The enigmatic note below was written long after both…

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Dinner at the Waldorf

…David was among them. In late October 1947, David was in New York for an extended stay to study printing methods.4David, Ismar, Brief biographical points provided to Cooper Union, 1954….

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