A prominent artist ventured behind locked doors to portray three "forgotten" social classes: the elderly, people in Mental institutions, and the prison population.
He taught at SUNY Buffalo, the University of Georgia, and the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida..
Cober (1935-98) created a series of children\'s books as well as artwork that appeared in The New York Times, Life, and Time.
The world was his audience." About the Author: Illustrator Alan E.
This edition features an insightful introduction by his daughter, Leslie Cober-Gentry, who notes, "Cober\'s art was about communication.
Cober received many awards in his lifetime and was recently inducted into the Society of Illustrators\' Hall of Fame.
The artist, who frequently befriended his subjects, offers compassionate views of the isolation of Lives lived on the margins of society.
The Forgotten Society presents ninety-two of Cober\'s most compelling and emotionally charged "visual essays." The distinctive pen-and-ink portraits reveal the hidden worlds of people removed from the public eye, including residents of retirement homes, of Staten Island\'s Willowbrook State School, and of Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
Cober\'s aim as a "visual journalist" was to effect change by graphically exposing the realities of our times.
Influenced by the works of Ben Shahn, George Grosz, and Albrecht D rer, he believed that narrative art could inform public attitudes toward political and social issues.
Cober began his career in the 1960s, when illustration took a turn toward a new expressionism.
Alan E.
A prominent artist ventured behind locked doors to portray three "forgotten" social classes: the elderly, people in Mental institutions, and the prison population
