Cipe Pineles | |
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Born | |
Died | January 3, 1991 | (aged 82)
Alma mater | Pratt Institute |
Occupation(s) | Graphic designer and art director |
Years active | 1931–1991 |
Known for | First female art director for major magazines, brought fine art into mass-produced media, First female member of Art Directors Club, first female member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale |
Spouse(s) | William Golden Will Burtin |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Herb Lubalin Award AIGA Medal |
Cipe Pineles (June 23, 1908 – January 3, 1991) was an Austrian-born graphic designer and art director who made her career in New York at such magazines as Seventeen, Charm, Glamour, House & Garden, Vanity Fair and Vogue.[1] She was the first female art director of many major magazines, as well as being credited as the first person to bring fine art into mainstream mass-produced media. She married two prominent designers, twice widowed, had two adopted children, and two grandchildren.