Arthur B. Singer

Arthur Bernard Singer (4 December 1917  7 April 1990) was an American wildlife artist who primarily specialized in bird illustration. 

Life and career
Singer was born on 4 December 1917 in New York City, to a family of artists, the son of Tessie (Kirshbaum) and Sigmund Singer.  He was raised in mid-Manhattan.  In 1939, he graduated from Cooper Union and subsequently he worked as a printer in an advertising agency.  In 1942, he joined the U. S. Army where he served in Company C of the 603rd Camouflage Engineers.  Influenced by Carl Rungius, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and Wilhelm Kuhnert, he became a full-time illustrator and artist by 1955. 

He illustrated more than 20 books, including Field Guide to Birds of North America (by Bertel Bruun and Chandler S. Robbins), Field Guide to Birds of Europe, Birds of the World (by Oliver L. Austin), The Life of the Hummingbird, Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies (by James Bond and Don R. Eckelberry), State Birds, Zoo Animals, Birds of Greenland, Cats, Wild Animals from Alligator to Zebra, British and European Birds in Colour (by Bertel Bruun), The Hamlyn Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe, Book of Birds in Colour (by Robert Porter Allen), Water and Marsh Birds of the World (by Oliver L. Austin) and Birds of the Caribbean.  Singer's prints were also published in the magazine The American Home. 

He died of esophageal cancer in his home in Jericho, New York on 7 April 1990. 

Singer made friends with jazz musicians Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway.  The latter was sketched by Singer in 1932. 

References

External links
Official website for the legacy of Arthur Singer

Category:1917 births
Category:1990 deaths
Category:Artists from New York City
Category:American bird artists
Category:Wildlife artists
Category:People from Jericho, New York
Category:20th-century American painters
Category:American male painters