tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post5497367706870166942..comments2024-03-26T16:11:44.515-04:00Comments on All Things Ruffnerian, a Design Blog and More: Designer Clarence P. HornungMark D. Ruffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-17934416697912521682014-11-03T16:42:16.413-05:002014-11-03T16:42:16.413-05:00If you get a chance, also read:
http://allthingsru...If you get a chance, also read:<br />http://allthingsruffnerian.blogspot.com/2011/01/lunch-with-rosie-riveters-father.htmlMark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-62994044179135512622014-11-03T16:37:51.635-05:002014-11-03T16:37:51.635-05:00Dear Anonymous,
Thanks for contributing this insi...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />Thanks for contributing this insight into Clarence Hornung. When I was in my 20s, I too was mentored by older illustrators (one of them from Mr. Hornung's generation) and our lunches are moments that I treasure. Thanks for visiting.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-82322602329584611602014-11-03T13:58:08.838-05:002014-11-03T13:58:08.838-05:00I discovered your blog about Clarence Hornung toda...I discovered your blog about Clarence Hornung today after I came across some correspondence from him in my files dating from 1980. I met Clarence in the late 1970s when I was in my 20s and just beginning my career in illustrated book publishing working for one of his publishers. He became something of a mentor to me and encouraged me by introducing me to some of the great illustrators, ad men, and designers in NY. I think it says a great deal about a man who had such a great talent that he'd take the time to offer encouragement to a kid as green as I was. The interesting lunches we had together and with some of the great men in advertising, design, and book publishing influenced my work in publishing tremendously. Thanks for this reminder today of this generous and talented man. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-41888271760043115732012-04-28T09:33:40.072-04:002012-04-28T09:33:40.072-04:00Dear Jenicka - Thank you so much for being in touc...Dear Jenicka - Thank you so much for being in touch, and for setting the record straight. I will ammend the posting to include your information. Your great-grandfather was indeed an inspiration, and still is!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-79315928270389521042012-04-28T03:55:11.752-04:002012-04-28T03:55:11.752-04:00Hi,
I am Clarence Hornung's great granddaught...Hi,<br /><br />I am Clarence Hornung's great granddaughter. Thank you for taking the time to celebrate his amazing career. Just a bit of a correction - he passed away at the ripe old age of 99! In 1998 I believe. He was an amazingly talented individual and glad he was such an inspiration!Jenickahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12826147354882412251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-62333746688275931952011-07-16T20:48:22.167-04:002011-07-16T20:48:22.167-04:00Hi, Terry - Clarence Hornung was so prolific, I ha...Hi, Terry - Clarence Hornung was so prolific, I have a sense he took on assignments of every sort, including cyphers for private individuals. I read Parnassus' remarks, above, with great interest, and would love to delve into Hornungs papers at Yale.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-42915692048936404002011-07-16T16:11:21.761-04:002011-07-16T16:11:21.761-04:00What a brilliant designer. I really like the earl...What a brilliant designer. I really like the earlier work that has an historic, very detailed look. Those early logos are so beautiful, and I think it would be terrific to have a personal cypher or insignia, for use on stationary, china, linens, silverware, designed by Hornung. Do you think he did such work for private individuals? The Farrar logo reminds me of the earliest labels of designer Schiaparelli, and shows how he could work in very different styles.Square With Flairhttp://squarewithflair.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-32571263919648352092011-07-12T21:54:50.808-04:002011-07-12T21:54:50.808-04:00Hi, David - Thanks, and welcome back. I'm look...Hi, David - Thanks, and welcome back. I'm looking forward to a vicarious vacation through your upcoming postings.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-91738770849473345462011-07-12T21:51:50.534-04:002011-07-12T21:51:50.534-04:00Dear Parnassus,
Thank you for comparing me to the...Dear Parnassus,<br /><br />Thank you for comparing me to the wonderful Clarence Hornung. I think that many people assume that the artist inherits an eye-to-hand type of gene, but I have come to believe that what makes the artist is observation and the ability to perceive relationships. Surely that was true of Clarence Hornung.<br /><br />I do not know what year Clarence Hornung died, or how old he lived to be. For that very reason, I said "According to Leslie Cabarga, a good friend ..." I assume, since Mr. Cabarga visited with Hornung and retained some of his effects, that he would be correct. I looked up Clarence Hornung on Wikipedia and was rather surprised to discover that no biography of him exists there. Then again, the Wikipedia biography of my friend Howard Miller (of Rosie the Riveter fame) was off by about ten years.<br /><br />It's good to know that Clarence Hornung's papers are at Yale and that they occasionally go on display.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-86984886581025994062011-07-12T21:34:56.317-04:002011-07-12T21:34:56.317-04:00Hi, Stacey and Scott - Thanks, and I promise that ...Hi, Stacey and Scott - Thanks, and I promise that there are more graphic biographies coming your way!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-44599454215403554272011-07-12T21:31:57.174-04:002011-07-12T21:31:57.174-04:00Hi, Gaye - The portrait you like of Hornung was ac...Hi, Gaye - The portrait you like of Hornung was actually taken as he was designing the Richfield Motor Oil logo. (I cropped the photo because I wanted to show more of his serious, determined face.)Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-58502767418769356182011-07-12T21:27:11.010-04:002011-07-12T21:27:11.010-04:00Hi, Theresa - Like you, I enjoy artists and design...Hi, Theresa - Like you, I enjoy artists and designers whose work reflects a grasp of history.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-12932027546956847842011-07-12T20:23:04.468-04:002011-07-12T20:23:04.468-04:00Again I have learnt something from you dear Mark, ...Again I have learnt something from you dear Mark, within the wonderful world of illustration! The typefaces he created are beautiful!David Tomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181690917362173400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-19697376030426509242011-07-12T19:01:31.537-04:002011-07-12T19:01:31.537-04:00Mark I love being introduced to talented, creative...Mark I love being introduced to talented, creative, and significant illustrators and designers on your blog that I would likely not otherwise know of. Thanks so much!<br /><br />swScott Watermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811055807138445326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-49073131254841034882011-07-12T14:33:10.415-04:002011-07-12T14:33:10.415-04:00A great tribute to Clarence Hornung, whom I have a...A great tribute to Clarence Hornung, whom I have always admired. You remind me of Hornung in that you produce art and design, as well as collect and study it. I thought that he died in 1997, and kept working into his nineties.<br /><br />His archives are now at Yale University, where his work is featured on occasion.Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-25553297555575885482011-07-12T13:08:07.580-04:002011-07-12T13:08:07.580-04:00Wow - what a prolific designer!! And I of course a...Wow - what a prolific designer!! And I of course agree with Jane and Lance - I just love learning something new here about many of these talented but perhaps more obscure celebrities of design.quintessencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484326999396839391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-28328903677657321652011-07-12T11:06:23.563-04:002011-07-12T11:06:23.563-04:00the Hattatt are very right and I think few graphic...the Hattatt are very right and I think few graphic designers are blogging and being spotlighted as you have with Horung. What a great photographic portrait of him too. pgtP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-82920345909699586832011-07-12T08:32:43.837-04:002011-07-12T08:32:43.837-04:00Hornung had an amazing and prolific career. I love...Hornung had an amazing and prolific career. I love the strapwork influence in the Goudy illustration. Oh yeah, I lived for show and tell day in school as well!Theresa Cheekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429069123185290732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-67043444525314596192011-07-12T05:39:55.610-04:002011-07-12T05:39:55.610-04:00Hello Jane and Lance - I don't think a blogger...Hello Jane and Lance - I don't think a blogger could ask for a nicer compliment — thanks! I was the kid who enjoyed show-and-tell day in school.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-17065246965985829372011-07-12T04:56:40.739-04:002011-07-12T04:56:40.739-04:00Hello Mark:
One of the many things which we so enj...Hello Mark:<br />One of the many things which we so enjoy about your blog is the way in which each post presents an insight into some person, as here, or some aspect of the arts which is certainly unusual, always informative, and never without interest. We continue to learn and delight in so much which you are generous enough to share.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com