Esta Nesbitt
American fashion illustrator, early xerox artist (1918-1975)
Esther "Esta" Nesbitt, born as Esther Feuerman (1918–1975), was an American illustrator, xerox artist, filmmaker, and educator. Between the 1940s until the 1960s, Nesbitt actively led a career as a fashion illustrator for leading magazines and newspapers including Harpers Bazaar, Mademoiselle, and the New York Times Magazine. In the 1960s she began experimenting with fine art, in multidisciplines and with xerox art.
Biography
Esther Feuerman was born 19 November 1918 in New York City, New York. Nesbitt studied at the Traphagen School of Fashion, graduating 1937 in Illustration, working primarily in fashion illustration. She continued her studies at Columbia University, and New York University (NYU).
She was married to designer and sculptor, Saul Nesbitt (1920–1993). Between 1964 until 1974, Nesbitt was a professor at the Parson’s School of Design.
Starting in the 1960s she started to experiment with fine art, and by 1966 she was exhibiting her art. Nesbitt also illustrated a number of children's books starting in 1960.
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