death_date death_place birth_place awards nationality field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
january 1987 december 20 , 1899 new york , new york new york , new york society of illustrators hall of fame , 1980 american illustration , composer december 20 , 1899 saul tepper
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saul tepper

saul tepper -lrb- december 20 , 1899 -- january 1987 -rrb- was an american illustrator and later a popular songwriter .
tepper studied under illustrator harvey dunn at the grand central school of art in new york city .
tepper began his career with albert dorne as a letterer for fashion catalogs but went on to do story illustrations for the most popular magazines of the day .
additionally , his illustrations appeared in advertising for major companies such as general electric , coca-cola , general motors , mobil , and texaco .
in the 1950s , tepper created television commercials while an art director for j. walter thompson .
later in life he became a popular songwriter whose work was recorded by nat king cole , ella fitzgerald , glenn miller , and harry james .
he was inducted into the society of illustrators hall of fame in 1980 .
