![]() ![]() Gorey's illustrated (and sometimes wordless) books, with their vaguely ominous air and ostensibly Victorian and Edwardian settings, have long had a cult following. He also published under pen names such as "Ogdred Weary," an anagram of his first and last names. His first work, The Unstrung Harp, was published in 1953. ![]() ![]() From 1953 to 1960 he lived in New York City and worked for the Art Department of Doubleday Anchor, illustrating book covers. He spent 1944–1946 in the Army at Dugway Proving Ground, and then attended Harvard University from 1946 to 1950, where he studied French and roomed with future poet Frank O'Hara.Īlthough he would frequently state that his formal art training was "negligible," Gorey studied art for one semester at the Chicago Art Institute in 1943, eventually becoming a professional illustrator. John Gorey (February 22, 1925-April 15, 2000) was a writer and artist noted for his wry, macabre illustrated books.īorn in Chicago, Gorey attended a variety of local grade schools and then the Francis W. ![]()
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