Joseph Mugnaini

Joseph Anthony Mugnaini (July 12, 1912 – January 23, 1992) [Ancestry.com. "Social Security Death Index" [database on-line] . Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.] was an artist and illustrator. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Ray Bradbury, beginning in 1952. [John C. Tibbetts, "The Martian Chronicler Reflects", "The Christian Science Monitor", March 20, 1991, p. 16.]

He was born Giuseppe Mugnaini in Viareggio in the Tuscany region of Italy, and immigrated with his family to America when he was three months old. [Passenger list of the S.S. "Taormina", Port of New York, October 18, 1912, sheet 21, line 23.] He became an American citizen in 1941. [Passenger list of the S.S. "Taormina", "ibid.", later notation.] He died in Los Angeles. [Ancestry.com. "California Death Index, 1940-1997" [database on-line] . Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.]

Books by Mugnaini

* "Drawing: A Search for Form" (1965)
* "Oil painting: Techniques and Materials" (1969)
* "The Hidden Elements of Drawing" (1974)
* "Joseph Mugnaini: Drawings and Graphics" (1982)
* "Expressive Drawing: A Schematic Approach" (1989)

Further reading

* "Who Was Who in American Art". 2nd edition. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Sound View Press, 1999. ISBN 0932087574.
* "A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists". By Robert Weinberg. Greenwood Press, 1988. ISBN 0313243492.
* "Who's Who in American Art". 12th edition. R.R. Bowker, 1976.
* "Biography Index". Volume 6. H.W. Wilson Co., 1965.

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