Nationality American Partner(s) Alexandra Wool Role Artist | Style Social Realism Name Arthur Lidov Died December 29, 1990 | |
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Born June 14, 1917 ( 1917-06-14 ) Chicago, Illinois Alma mater University of Chicago, Sociology, Graduate Fellow in Art History Occupation Artist, muralist, inventor and medical illustrator. Notable work Cover art, First edition of Ray Bradbury\'s Martian Chronicles, asst. murals, inventor of Insertable Spokeless Wheel. |
Arthur Hershel Lidov (June 14,1917–December 29,1990) was an artist, illustrator, muralist, sculptor and inventor. Besides serving many national advertisers, he contributed his artistic expression to Life, Time, Fortune, The Saturday Evening Post and other general and special-interest magazines.
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Education

Lidov, who was born in Chicago earned a degree in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 1936 and was a Graduate Fellow in Art History in 1938 and 1939. As an artist, Lidov was largely self-taught, specializing in scientific and technical graphics.
Career
Arthur Lidov created the cover art for the 1950 first edition copy of The Martian Chronicle by Ray Bradbury. He contributed artistic backgrounds to many of the major magazines of his time such as Time, Fortune, The Saturday Evening Post and other special-interest magazines. He created what he called "medical landscapes' depicting internal organs for the article The Human Body:Part Two, "Down a Long Canal" in the December 7th, 1962 issue of Life magazine. On February 25, 1970 Lidov was a commercial artist with a studio in New York adjacent to Mark Rothko. He was called to assist Rothko's aide at the moment of Rothko's suicide. Lidov invented the Insertable Spokeless Wheel.
Murals
Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department.
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Personal life
Lidov was born on June 14, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois and died in his sleep on December 29, 1990 at his home in Poughquag, New York. Besides his wife, Alexandra Wool, also a painter, he was survived by his daughter, Mika and son, Hart.