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Edward Sorel

Edward Sorel (Born 1929) is active/lives in New York.  Edward Sorel is known for Cartoon, caricature.

A regular magazine contributor as a cartoonist, Edward Sorel has done commission work for The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, a publication for which he has created forty-five covers.  He started in the industry in the 1960s when he was hired by editors of The New York Times and The Village Voice.

He greatly disapproves of being labelled as an illustrator because the term simply suggests a hired contractor, and he regards his work as much more creative than that, especially with talent needed for drawing.  He says:  "I never really interested myself in what constitutes fine art and what constitutes commercial art . . .I do what interests me." (91)  In addition to cartoons, Sorel also does comic book art. 

One of his projects of which he is most proud is "Literary Lives" for Atlantic Monthly.  For this assignment, he read unauthorized biographies to get inspiration for wha   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1376 characters.]  Artist bio

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