Francis Cugat

Francis Cugat in 1917

Francis Cugat, also known as Francisco Coradal-Cougat[1] (May 24, 1893 – July 13, 1981),[2] was a painter and graphic designer whose most famous work was Celestial Eyes, the original 1925 dust jacket for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.[3] From the mid-1940s he was a Technicolor consultant on more than 60 Hollywood films.

  1. ^ New York Public Library; "Lucille Lortel Papers"
  2. ^ U.S.Social Security Records
  3. ^ Tate, Mary Jo (2007). Critical companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald: a literary reference to his life and work. Infobase Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8160-6433-5.