Milton Glaser was an American graphic designer who was born on June 26, 1929, in a town called the Bronx, which is situated in America, in New York City. Milton Glaser was aged 91 when he sadly passed away on June 26, 2020.
Milton Glaser started making his art in the USA. He produced some of his artwork in the city of New York in a studio called Push Pin Studios. Then he decided to make a public action design firm which he called WBMG. The art movements which Milton Glaser practiced were called psychedelic and Art Nouveau. An example of his work in the psychedelic art movement includes a poster of Bob Dylan, another art piece that uses the art movement called Art Nouveau was a poster called ‘Mad Men’, which was used for an American drama television series named ‘Mad Men’.
A few pieces of artwork that Milton Glaser created were called ‘Together’, ‘I Love NY’, ‘Mad Men’, ‘World Health Organization’, and ‘XIV Olympic Winter Games’. Firstly, I really like the art piece named ‘Together’ because Milton Glaser uses all different colors to show people that we should stand together in a crisis. This artwork inspires me to spread the message to people to stand together in hard times and not spread hate. This artwork was created during the Covid-19 pandemic when everyone had to stay indoors and isolate themselves to not spread the virus. This pandemic, as well as the recent death of a black man, may have influenced Milton Glaser to make this art piece. The assessment of the situation at that time inspired Milton to create an art piece that presents togetherness and the end of racism and to try to battle the virus. I also really like the artwork named ‘Mad Men’ due to the fact Milton Glaser has used many colors which makes it vibrant. It inspires me to use vibrant colors in my artwork. Events such as Ebola were happening at that time, but not of the events influenced him to make this poster. Another art piece that he made was called ‘I Love NY’ – a nice art piece that inspires me to use different typefaces. The thing which influenced him to make this was that at the time the city had a fiscal crisis, so he made this piece to increase tourism and increase the spirits of New Yorkers. Also, Glaser designed a poster for the World Health Organization; he was influenced by the disease happening in the world, which was AIDS. I like this poster as it is simple and effective due to the fact it sends a message. It influences me as I know that a poster can be simple and effective. The fifth piece of artwork which I really like from Milton Glaser is ‘XIV Olympic Winter Games’. This piece of artwork influences me to be creative as we can clearly see that Milton was creative when making this art piece. Nothing was happening at the time which could have influenced him to make this piece of artwork.
Summing up, Milton Glaser was a great graphic designer. Compared to other artists, of course, he was different, but this only added to the uniqueness of his works. I can confidently say that his art has influenced the way I apply creativity in my artwork.