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Zacron is an English artist who is best known for designing the iconic Led Zeppelin III album cover.[1]
Zacron was born in Sutton, Surrey in 1943.[2] He studied painting, drawing, design and etching at Studio 35 in Surbiton from 1957-1960 with Eric Clapton, and later at Kingston College of Art where he met Jimmy Page. He lectured at a Leeds College of Art from 1967-1970.[2]
Zacron's innovation in graphic techniques laid the foundation for his creation of the Led Zeppelin III album cover in 1970.[2] This album cover, most recently polled amongst the world's top four, is a small component of a vast and varied body of work spanning five decades, with much of his work having a close association to rock and roll.[3]
In 1979 Zacron founded The Media Centre to advise artists and art material manufacturers.[2]
Zacron has been described as "multi-sided and multi-talented" with "a robust ethos of independence and bravery, a lifelong quest for knowledge".[3] He is a public advocate of artistic freedom and a notable financial contributor to the Great Almond Street Hospital in London for terminally ill children, organised by Light and Sound at Abbey Road Studios.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Norwich Fringe Festival". Norwich evening news 24. September 30, 2004. http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/GoingOut/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=WhatsOn&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=WhatsOn&itemid=NOED30%20Sep%202005%2020%3A00%3A23%3A350. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Zacron Information, Zacron.com, retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ a b Meredith Gunderson, Press Release, 20 November 2008, City Inn Hotels and Number Nine the Gallery, retrieved 6 February 2012.
