Jerry W. McDaniel (born 1935) is an American heterogeneous artist; graphics artist, illustrator, communication designer, educator and modernist painter. He distinguished himself by doing advertising work for numerous large corporations (PanAm, Intercontinental Hotels, Philip Morris International), creating posters, doing book and magazine illustrations,[1][2][3][4] and influencing numerous students of advertising and communication design. In parallel with his commercial career he was a prolific multimedia artist, painting in acrylic and in watercolor, in various fields such as landscape, portraits, sports, and political graphics. He also designed sports stamps.[5] He was one of the first illustrators to embrace computer graphics.[6][7][8][9]
McDaniel was born during the Great Depression on a farm called The Jake White Place on Rabbit Ridge near Zaleski, in Vinton County, Ohio. His father Hoyt Glenn (Ben), a 25-year-old cattle farmer, married Lillian, age 16, in West Virginia three months before Jerry was born. At the beginning of World War II, McDaniel's father, fearing the draft, sold all the livestock and moved the family to Athens, Ohio. After his father died in 1951, his mother moved the family to Logan, Ohio to find employment.
Poster for the 1st discothèque in New York, 1966
Jerry was a Boy Scout of Troop 154, Union Furnace, OH and was advanced to the rank of Eagle Scout in 1951.[10] Then he received the Outstanding National Boy Scout Award. He started drawing and painting when he was 5 years old encouraged by his parents who had little education. His mother Lillien was an amateur artist. He soon became the artist of the local area. In his senior High School year Jerry was an apprentice manager at JCPenney in Logan, OH. The high school art teacher, recognizing his talent, and knowing that he has no money to go to school was the one to make him aware of a scholarship, guide him to prepare a portfolio, and actually drove to Columbus to file Jerry's portfolio. Today Jerry brings his contribution to the Brighten Your Future (BYF) organization (established in 1988) to assist Logan High School graduates in continuing their education by providing financial assistance based on need.[11] McDaniel earned a scholarship to the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD). He worked his way through College as a mapmaker for the Ohio State Department of Hydrology. Jerry W. McDaniel is acknowledged by CCAD as one of their notable alumni who played a leadership role in industry.[12] Jerry McDaniel was the first alumnus of CCAD to be offered the Award for Excellence (then called "Award for Outstanding Alumnus"), in 1982.[13] He graduated from CCAD twice, once with a Professional Certificate in 1957 (when the school was called "Columbus Art School") and then with a BFA in 1972 (CCAD).
Career
Moving to New York in July 1957, he worked as a package designer for Continental Can Corporation. McDaniel's first work appeared in Redbook magazine in September 1957. The long-time Dean/President of CCAD, Joseph V. Canzani, was carrying this drawing by McDaniel in his wallet and was showing it to everyone saying "Look what our kids are doing." After military service as a Spec 9 architect, McDaniel returned to New York, becoming a graphic designer/art director for the LW Froehlich Company, a large pharmaceutical advertising agency.
In the summer of 1961, Saul Bass's East Coast agent, Lester Rosin Creative Group, became McDaniel's agent. McDaniel's first commission was a national campaign for Pan Am Airlines. This work appeared full-page every Monday in the New York Times for 52 consecutive weeks, followed by 300 drawings in three months for Intercontinental Hotels, which ran worldwide for three years.
In 1963, he enrolled in the Experimental Workshop at the New School for Social Research (NSSR) taught by Italian artist, and American artist Henry C. Pearson. In 1965, he chaired the Illustrators Annual Show, Society of Illustrators and in 1966 he created the two Harlow's posters, for the 1st discothèque in the world, with the influence of the workshop at the NSSR.
In 1994 Jerry W. McDaniel became Chair of the "Advertising Design Department" (now called "Communication Design Department", FIT/SUNY. He earned an MA in Computer Communication Art from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) in 1987. He is a member of The New York Society of Illustrators (SI), Broadcast Designers Association (BDA), The American Institute of graphic Design (AIGA), and The Graphic Artist Guild (GAG). McDaniel's work has been published in many books including "The Illustrator in America" and "Icons and Images."
In 1967, NBC requested paintings from the US Air Force Collection to air during the launching of the Apollo 11 mission. Jerry McDaniel has six paintings in the US Air Force Art Collection.[14][15] NBC selected five pieces, one of which was Jerry's "Dawn of the Day." The painting was seen on national and international television for 32 minutes of airtime on the Today Show for the Apollo 11 Space Launch.
In the late 1960s, McDaniel designed and illustrated the complete Zane GreyWestern Series for Simon & Schuster, and also created book covers for the S. S. Van Dine "Murder Mystery" series for three different publishers, including Charles Scribner's Sons's over a ten-year period.
Jerry W. McDaniel also created award-winning posters. As the MCCAA Tennis Champion for 1971–72 he was afforded the opportunity to work as a Sports Artist and Designer for Philip Morris. He worked with the famous Spanish tennis player Manolo Santana. For over 25 years Mr. McDaniel was commissioned to created sports promotions in South America and Iberia: posters for tennis, Grand Prix racing, horse racing, motor cross, bicycling, and others. In the late 60s he created two Harlow's posters for the 1st discothèque in New York with the same name. Today these posters are in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum.[16][17][18] In 1971 Anita Grien became McDaniel's agent for the next three decades.
In 1991 he was commissioned to design and illustrate a poster for the Union's Labor March on Washington, August 31, 1991. The Union created a limited edition of 200 signed-by-the artist prints of Jerry W. McDaniel's "Solidarity Works: Solidarity Day '91" poster. An official AFL-CIO special-run artist-signed copy of this print is in the University of Missouri St. Louis Art Collection – "The Bruce & Barbara Feldacker Labor Art Collection",[19] and the Special Collections of the Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD.[20] McDaniel has also conceived and produced short films and film titles, among them the film ICE (Idea, Composition, and Execution) and the film titles for The Bolshoi at The Bolshoi.
In 2008, the New York Society of Illustrators commemorated the 50th anniversary of their Annual Show by publishing a book entitled Icons and Images: 50 Years of Illustration, containing 500 of the 25,000 illustrations from the Society's Annuals. McDaniel's 1972 Grand Prix Philip Morris International large black & white Harlow's poster was among those selected.
The abstract art works of McDaniel are in public and private collections around the world. He participated at numerous group shows, and had solo shows in New York, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, California, and Paris, France. In recent years his work was shown in Düsseldorf, Germany, Bucharest, Romania,[1][2] and he had solo shows in Beverly Hills, California (2012),[21] and the "LOOK AT ME" exhibition at the Valley Performing Arts Center (VPAC) of California State University, Northridge (CSUN), September 18 – October 22, 2013.[22] He is represented by I. C. ART Gallery, Encino, California.[23]
Among his recent achievements he illustrated poems by two well-known Romanian poets, Lucian Blaga and Ana Blandiana; created several videos with about his art;[24] designed posters and promotional graphics for the (AOI) Art of Innovation Conference (2013 & 2014, CSUN); banners for non-profit California organizations (2014 & 2016); the cover of the Art Volume and the design for the poster of "Salon ARTIS 2010",[2] and was a member in the Awards Jury for Best Cinematography at SEEfest (South East European Film Festival), Los Angeles, CA, 2015.[25]
Family life
In 1962, he met and married Renata Buss, a model and former "Miss Berlin". They had two children, a son, Teja, who currently lives with his family in Melbourne, Australia; and a daughter, Saskia, who died in 1999. McDaniel has two grandsons from his son Teja, Tristan and Liam.
After separating from his wife and living several years in New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, McDaniel moved out west in 2004 to Los Angeles, where JW McDaniel Studios was re-located and currently operates in Encino, California. He does illustrations and promotional work, and abstract expressionist art. He also has a studio in Palm Springs, CA and Montparnasse-Paris, France where he spends a few months per year.
Selected collections
McDaniel's works are in numerous collections:
9/11 Memorial & Museum, NYC, NY
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO), Washington, DC
Bowen House, Logan, OH
Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG), Culver City, California
Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles
International Tennis Hall of Fame, Casino, New Port, RI
J. Walter Thompson, New York, NY
Lester Rossin Creative Group, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art, New York, NY
Museum of American Illustration, New York, NY
Philip Morris International, New York, NY
Phillip De Rothschild, Paris, France
Prentice Hall Publisher, New York, NY
Poster Museum, Chelsea, NYC, NY
Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
Smithsonian, Washington DC
Smithsonian, Washington DC
Smithsonian, Washington DC
Society of Illustrators, NYC, NY
The US Air Force Art Collection] Jerry's work in the US Air Force Art Collection, Pentagon, and the Smithsonian Institution
University of Missouri St. Louis Art Collection – "The Bruce & Barbara Feldacker Labor Art Collection"]
Frostburg State University Special Collections, Frostburg, MD]
Viitorul Roman Society (VCR), Los Angeles, California
VOD Gourmet Corporation, Greenwich, CT
Many corporate and private collections in the USA, Europe, and Australia.
Solo shows
2011–present I.C. ART Gallery (Palm Spring, CA; Paris, France, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
2017 Posters for the Duke Show, Le Bal Blomet, Montparnasse, Paris, France
2013 Look at ME, Enamel and Acrylic on Canvas, Valley Performance Arts Center (VPAC), California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Northridge, CA
2012 I want to dance, Heterogeneous media, Klein Art Academy, Beverly Hills, CA
2008 Streetscapes, Acrylic on Canvas, Nunus Gallery, Paris, France
2005 Birds, Pineapples, and Paradise, Computer Art (reviewed by La La Land Press), Woodmere Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2004 Jerry's Balls, Acrylic on Acrylic Spheres, Media Loft, New Rochelle, NY
2004 Circles, Squares and Triangles, Woodmere Gallery, Los Angeles
1999 Retrospective, Mixed Media (over 150 works), Media Loft, New Rochelle, NY
1996 Electric Art, Buss Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1992 Art in Sports, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
1991 12 International Sports Posters, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)/SUNY, New York, NY
1985 Bird of Paradise, Computer Art, American Museum of Illustration, New York, NY
1984 Six Graphics, The Museum of American Illustrations, New York Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1983 Marlboro Sports Art, Posters, Philip Morris International, New York, NY
1980 Urban Landscapes, Enamel on Circular Canvas (reviewed), Sky Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Florenze, Dyanson Galleries, Soho, New York, NY
1979 International Tennis Posters, MTC, New York, NY
1978 Art On Display, Drawing Silk Screened on Plastic Panels, Society of Illustration, New York, NY
1976 The Art of Jerry McDaniel, Mixed Media, NY Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
1956 Mississippi Mistress – Massillon Open (invitational), Massillon, OH
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References
1 2 Salon ARTIS 2010 Art Volume by Marina Nicolaev & Bogdan Alexandru Ungureanu, Salon ARTIS Exhibition, Romania, October 2–16, 2010 (in Romanian). Jerry W. McDaniel was Guest of Honor at this exhibition (as per inner cover of book, and he presented two of his architectural landscape painting. He also designed the cover of the book and the image for the poster.
1 2 3 Salon ARTIS 2010 Exhibition, "Caminul Artei", Bucuresti, Romania. Jerry W. McDaniel's art work was used in the exhibition poster.
↑ Boys'Life – November 1969, The Boy Scouts of America, p. 19, Moustache the Brave, illustrations by Jerry McDaniel.
↑ Boys’Life – November 1967, The Boy Scouts of America, v57 No. 11, pp. 48–52, Sausage on a String, illustrations by Jerry McDaniel & Francis Duval.
↑ Archived September 29, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Photos: NYC Museum celebrates the Art of Poster Jerry W. McDaniels poster “The NYC Most Exciting Discotheque” slide 9 of 12.
↑ Frostburg State University Special Collections], "Solidarity Works: Solidarity Day'91" poster by Jerry McDaniel for AFL-CIO March on Washington, August 31, 1991, Frostburg State University Special Collections, Call No. HD6843 .A197 1991.
Elizabeth A. Sheehan "Jerry W. McDaniel and Creativity: Illustrator vs. Designer vs. Commissioned Artist”, American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Journal New Series, 26.1, 2018
Meridianul Romanesc, No. 565, June 14, 2008, California.
Jerry W. McDaniel "My Philosophy as an Art Educator", American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Abstracts, Proceeding, p.63, The 42nd ARA Congress, Iasi, Romania, 2018.
Computer as Art. Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich. Art-Theater-The Lively Arts, Connecticut Magazine, p.54, April 1986.
The Armed Forces of the United States as Seen by Contemporary Artists (Smithsonian Publication 4730), Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1968.
The Illustrators and Their Lively Art, Robert Ostermann, The National Observer, Washington, DC, 1967.
Atheneum e.V., Deutsch-Rumänischer Kulturverein, Jerry W. McDaniel invited at the Dialog of Arts Exhibition, Düsseldorf, Germany, December 2011. (in German)
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