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16 april 1988 westport , ct lebanon , tn art institute of chicago chicago academy of fine arts american john norment visual art 28 november 1911 john norment
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john norment

john murray norment -lrb- 1911 -- 1988 -rrb- was an american illustrator , gag cartoonist , magazine editor , artist , and photographer .
born in lebanon , tennessee , norment attended the art institute of chicago and the chicago academy of fine arts in 1933-34 , and he exhibited in the chicago no-jury society of artists annual shows in 1934 , 1936 , 1937 , 1939 and 1940 .
at the iannelli studio in 1935-36 , he did textile designs for montgomery ward and posters for carson pirie .
in 1935 , he was employed as an assistant to the art director of `` esquire '' , continuing with cartoons and ideas for `` esquire '' from 1938 to 1942 .
during world war ii , norment was a combat correspondent-photographer with the us coast guard in the north atlantic , the pacific and the china sea .
returning to civilian life , he worked during the post-wwii years as a photographer for the wittrup studio in new york and chicago 's sundblom studio , where he photographed the haddon sundblom santa claus paintings for coca-cola .
