LeRoy Winbush

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LeRoy Winbush (1915–2007) was an American graphic designer known for his window displays.[1][2][3][4]

Career[]

Winbush was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and spent his childhood in Detroit.[5]

Winbush began his career in Chicago in 1936.[2] He started out as an apprentice to a sign painter, then designed signs, murals and flyers for the Regal Theater.[2][4] He then became art director for Goldblatt's department store chain, where he was the first black employee.[6][2]

In 1945 Winbush founded his own firm, Winbush Associates.[2] Winbush was known as a successful business man and entrepreneur.[2] One of Winbush's successes was to develop a market designing window displays for Chicago's banks.[4]

He served as art director for Consolidated Manufacturing as well as Johnson Publishing, where he designed layouts for Ebony and Jet magazines.[2] His designs for Ebony won an award from the Chicago Art Directors Club.[4] He was president of the South Side Community Art Center.[2]

Winbush taught communication design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columba College Chicago.[2][6] Beginning in 1992, Winbush consulted for the DuSable Museum.[5][6]

Winbush was the first black member of the Art Directors Club of Chicago.[2] It took him seven years of petitioning the club to join; later he served as the club's president.[6] He was chairman of the International Design Conference in Aspen in 1959. Winbush worked on Illinois's exhibit at the 1964 World's Fair. In 1985, having become an avid scuba diver, Winbush helped design an underwater reef at Epcot.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "LeRoy Winbush | The Chicago Design Archive". chicagodesignarchive.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2008 Medalist: LeRoy Winbush". AIGA | the professional association for design. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  3. ^ "Creative Titans: Leroy Winbush, Breaking Racial Barriers". Works Design Group. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  4. ^ a b c d reporter, Trevor Jensen, Tribune staff. "LeRoy Winbush: 1915 - 2007". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  5. ^ a b "LeRoy Winbush's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  6. ^ a b c d Bruscato, Robin (29 June 1995). "A Man of Imagination". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Influential Black Graphic Designers You Should Know About | Lucidpress". www.lucidpress.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
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