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His book, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics, was a must have when it was published in 1969; my girlfriend at the time bought a copy for me. Dog-eared and falling apart though it was, my copy of the book was still my prized possession when, at the beginning of this century, I got to meet my hero.
- Born in London in 1943
- In 1975
- Aldridge Moved to Los Angeles in 1980
Alan Aldridge left school at the age of fourteen to work as a labourer in London’s East India docks. A few jobs on and he was painting scenery at the Old Vic theatre, something which gave him a taste for an artistic future. With no formal art training, he got his first job in the creative world by pretending his girlfriend’s portfolio was his own. ...
Aldridge’s illustration for Elton John's album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboypictured the singer and his piano surrounded by a menagerie of extraordinary creatures, and won Aldridge a second Grammy nomination.
where he continued to work as an illustrator, animator, author and film maker but he left an indelible mark on London's cultural history. Before my generation Britain was in the knacker's yard In 2008 the Design Museum in London put on a retrospective of his work titledThe Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes. Alan Aldridge died in February 2017, age 73. Rea...
He is survived by 8 children: fashion photographer Miles Aldridge, model and social activist Saffron Aldridge and Marc from his first marriage to Rita Farthing; two sons, Pim and Toby, from a relationship with Andrea Gayler; and two daughters, models Lily Aldridge and Ruby Aldridge, and a son, James, from his second marriage to Laura Lyons ...
Nov 1, 2008 · Alan Aldridge on John Lennon, drugs, and porn. 'His Royal Master Of Images To Their Majesties The Beatles' and man who made commercial art cool, Alan Aldridge turned posters, books and...
May 30, 2017 · 2008 saw the staging of a major retrospective, Alan Aldridge – the Man with the Kaleidoscope Eyes at the Design Museum in London, and on 17 th February 2017, he died, aged 73, from what was reported to be a “debilitating illness”.
Feb 24, 2017 · Mike Dempsey, graphic designer and founder at Studio Dempsey, is an avid fan of the late Aldridge and one who had the opportunity to work with him. He remembers Aldridge’s style as one of “flamboyance”, which epitomised the “swinging sixties”.
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Feb 23, 2017 · The Guardian obituary explains how Aldridge got his start in design: Sheer chutzpah won him his first job at a design agency, where he passed off his girlfriend’s portfolio of work as his own and was hired for £3 a week. “I blag beautifully,” as he put it.
