series of editorials on prominent designers
for more than half a century, alexander liberman had been the dominant creative force at the condé nast empire while maintaining an independent practice as an artist.
as the company’s editorial director, he mentored several generations of editors, art directors, and photographers. a sculptor, painter, photographer, designer, editor, and writer, liberman embraced many lives in one.
Alexander Liberman, 1958. Photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill. © Frances McLaughlin-Gill.
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born in Kiev
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works at Vu magazine, Paris
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Untitled painting by Alexander Liberman, 1968. Oil on canvas. © Alexander Liberman Estate. Courtesy of Vallarino Fine Art.
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wins a Gold Medal at the Paris International Exhibition for a magazine design presentation
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An afternoon at the Libermans’, 1963. Left to right: Sylvia Sleigh, Robert Motherwell, Annalee Newman, Alexander Liberman. Alexander Liberman photography archive. Series I. Artists and personalities, circa 1925 – circa 1995. © The J. Paul Getty Trust.
emigrates to the U.S.
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art director at Vogue
Vogue cover, May 1941. Cover image by Horst P. Horst.
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publishes The Artist in his Studio book
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editorial director of Condé Nast Publications
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An afternoon at the Libermans’, 1963. Left to right: Lawrence Alloway, Beatrice Leval, Barnett Newman, Alexander Liberman, Sylvia Sleigh, Robert Motherwell, and Annalee Newman. Liberman’s ever-present Leica camera is on the table. Alexander Liberman photography archive. Series I. Artists and personalities, circa 1925 – circa 1995. © The J. Paul Getty Trust.
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dies in Miami, Florida, aged 87
i was very much impressed by the visual impact of the revolution. all the great marches through the nevsky prospect [in st. petersburg, russia] with red banners, gigantic red banners.
—alexander liberman on his earliest childhood memories in an interview with the bomb magazine.
