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Barry Blitt Biography
Barry Blitt (born April 30, 1958 in Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec) is an American artist.
Blitt grew up in Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec, a municipality on the Island of Montreal. The artist’s first publication credit came at age 16: a series of drawings in the Philadelphia Flyers 1974 yearbook. He graduated from The Ontario College of Art and Design in 1982 and moved to the US in 1989.
In 1993 Blitt began contributing to the The New Yorker, Blitt’s illustration work has also been featured by publications such as Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic and others.
The controversial art was covered by numerous media outlets including the Los Angeles Times, PBS and others. In defense of the art, Eric Bates of Rolling Stone was quoted as saying, “I don’t think it (The New Yorker) crossed the line. I would question whether there’s much of a line to be crossed. I think their intent was clear, but I think it’s clear from the response that a lot of people didn’t get the joke.” The New York Times called it the most memorable image of the 2008 presidential campaign, and Françoise Mouly, the Art Editor of the New Yorker, said she was “extremely proud” of the piece. Regarding the controversy, Blitt was quoted as saying “Anytime I produce a cover, I always regret it afterward”.
Blitt’s 2008 New Yorker cover depicting Michelle and Barack Obama standing in the Oval Office was labeled “tasteless and offensive” by Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton. A campaign spokesman for Senator John McCain also condemned the art. In the cover art, Obama is shown wearing traditional Muslim clothes, including sandals, robe and turban. His wife, Michelle is shown dressed in camouflage, combat boots and has an assault rifle over her shoulder. Behind them, an American flag is burning in the fireplace. Titled The Politics of Fear, the cover satirized the rumors about Obama and his wife as he ran for the presidency.
Many of Blitt’s New Yorker covers have been finalists for the Cover of the Year from the American Society of Magazine Editors, including, in 2008, Narrow Stance and I’ll Get It!,First Anniversary in 2010, and The Book of Life in 2012.
The artist is also well known for illustrating Frank Rich’s Sunday op-ed column in The New York Times. Regarding that work, Rich is quoted as saying, “It’s a long-distance collaboration – me in New York City, Barry in Connecticut – but one of the most satisfying I’ve had in my career.”
Blitt won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons “for his watercolor style and gentle caricatures of the personalities and policies that come from the Trump White House.”
What's Barry Blitt Net Worth 2024
| Net Worth (2024) | $1 Million (Approx.) |
| Net Worth (2023) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2022) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2020) | Under Review |
Barry Blitt Family
| Father's Name | Not Available |
| Mother's Name | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Available |
| Childrens | Not Available |
