Bernard (Bernie) Fuchs

(American, 1932–2009)

Benard (Bernie) Fuchs was an American illustrator known for his advertising art, magazine illustrations, and U.S. postage stamp designs. Fuchs’ painting style was based in photography, but nevertheless always maintained a painterly simplification of detail and color. Born October 29, 1932 in O’Fallon, IL, he went on to study art at Washington University in St. Louis, MI, graduating in 1954. Fuchs started his career working in Detroit as a car advertisement illustrator at New Center Studios. Some of Fuchs most acclaimed work was for sports magazines; over the course of his life he created over 50 covers for Sports Illustrated and received the honor of Sport Artist of the Year from the American Sport Art Museum and Archives in 1991. Fuchs died on September 17, 2009 in Fairfield, CT.