Biography from AskART:
| | Born in NYC on Jan. 23, 1897. Kursh studied at the Cooper Union and ASL in his native city. He was one of the first art editors at Esquire magazine and later was art director for Blaine Thompson Advertising. In the 1930s he moved to southern California and worked for Warner Brothers producing movie posters. In 1949 he to San Francisco where he remained until his death on May 28, 1987. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
SF Chronicle, 6-3-1987 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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