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William F. Rose (September 16, 1909 – May 29, 1972) was an American illustrator and film poster artist active in the 1930s and 1940s. He is recognized as one of the most distinctive poster artists of the Classical Hollywood era, a time when most film posters featured painted illustrations rather than photography. Rose painted dozens of poster illustrations for RKO Radio Pictures and other studios. As one of the leading designers in RKO's art department, he helped to define the studio's bold visual aesthetic. Although he was prolific, only a fraction of his poster designs have been individually attributed to him. Most of his output remains unidentified. His artwork is prized by collectors, and original prints of his posters have fetched high prices at auction.

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  • William Rose, né en 1909, est un artiste peintre spécialisé dans les affiches de cinéma. (fr)
  • 윌리엄 F. 로즈(William F. Rose, 1909년 9월 16일 ~ 1972년 5월 29일)는 1930년대에서 1940년대에 활동했던 미국의 삽화가이자 영화 포스터 제작자다. 로즈는 대부분의 영화 포스터가 사진보다는 그림을 그린 삽화가 더 많던 시절에 가장 독특한 포스터 제작자 중 한 명으로 인정받고 있다. RKO 픽처스와 다른 스튜디오의 영화 삽화 수십 개를 그렸으며, RKO의 예술 부서에 디자이너 중 한 명으로 있으면서 스튜디오의 미술적인 부분을 올리는데 일조하였다. (ko)
  • William F. Rose (September 16, 1909 – May 29, 1972) was an American illustrator and film poster artist active in the 1930s and 1940s. He is recognized as one of the most distinctive poster artists of the Classical Hollywood era, a time when most film posters featured painted illustrations rather than photography. Rose painted dozens of poster illustrations for RKO Radio Pictures and other studios. As one of the leading designers in RKO's art department, he helped to define the studio's bold visual aesthetic. Although he was prolific, only a fraction of his poster designs have been individually attributed to him. Most of his output remains unidentified. His artwork is prized by collectors, and original prints of his posters have fetched high prices at auction. One of his most iconic posters is the alternate "Style B" design for Citizen Kane (1941), which pitched the film as a more conventional romance than it actually was. The poster failed as a marketing ploy but, in hindsight, has been considered superior to the primary "Style A" design. In posters for films like Out of the Past (1947), Rose made significant contributions to the film noir aesthetic. He also illustrated all the promotional artwork for producer Val Lewton's series of low-budget B movies at RKO, most notably the horror film Cat People (1942). Apart from his work for Hollywood art departments, Rose was also an active illustrator for magazines and paperback fiction. Born and educated in Pittsburgh, Rose resided in Oceanside, New York for most of his professional career. He was married to Miriam Roberts Rose, a pianist, and had two children. In 1972, he died in New York City at the age of 62. (en)
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  • William Frank Rose (en)
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  • Poster with illustration of two women looking up at a man (en)
  • Detail of a woman's hand holding a revolver (en)
  • Photo portrait of a young man in a suit with a combed-back hairstyle (en)
  • Detail of a man wearing a fedora and smoking a cigarette (en)
  • Detail of a woman wearing a rosy dress with prominent décolletage (en)
  • Poster with illustration of a man standing towering over many other, smaller figures at his feet (en)
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  • William Frank Rose (en)
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  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. (en)
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  • Robert Mitchum (en)
  • Jane Greer (en)
  • Rose as a college senior, 1930 (en)
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  • 1972-05-29 (xsd:date)
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  • New York City, U.S. (en)
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  • University of PittsburghCarnegie Institute College of Fine Arts (en)
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  • Rose's alternate Citizen Kane poster reflected RKO's efforts to market the film as an accessible romance. Although it failed to turn out audiences, the design has been lauded and regarded as superior to the primary poster. (en)
  • Details from the noir-style poster for Out of the Past. Rose painted Mitchum as a weary detective with a cigarette hanging from his mouth and Greer as an alluring femme fatale holding a revolver in a delicate, ambiguously threatening manner. (en)
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  • Citizen Kane poster, 1941 .jpg (en)
  • Out of the Past copy.jpg (en)
  • Out of the Past .jpg (en)
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  • William Rose (en)
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  • Illustrator of film posters, magazines, and paperbacks (en)
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  • 1935-10-09 (xsd:date)
  • 1964-03-08 (xsd:date)
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  • Miriam Roberts Rose (en)
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  • William Rose, né en 1909, est un artiste peintre spécialisé dans les affiches de cinéma. (fr)
  • 윌리엄 F. 로즈(William F. Rose, 1909년 9월 16일 ~ 1972년 5월 29일)는 1930년대에서 1940년대에 활동했던 미국의 삽화가이자 영화 포스터 제작자다. 로즈는 대부분의 영화 포스터가 사진보다는 그림을 그린 삽화가 더 많던 시절에 가장 독특한 포스터 제작자 중 한 명으로 인정받고 있다. RKO 픽처스와 다른 스튜디오의 영화 삽화 수십 개를 그렸으며, RKO의 예술 부서에 디자이너 중 한 명으로 있으면서 스튜디오의 미술적인 부분을 올리는데 일조하였다. (ko)
  • William F. Rose (September 16, 1909 – May 29, 1972) was an American illustrator and film poster artist active in the 1930s and 1940s. He is recognized as one of the most distinctive poster artists of the Classical Hollywood era, a time when most film posters featured painted illustrations rather than photography. Rose painted dozens of poster illustrations for RKO Radio Pictures and other studios. As one of the leading designers in RKO's art department, he helped to define the studio's bold visual aesthetic. Although he was prolific, only a fraction of his poster designs have been individually attributed to him. Most of his output remains unidentified. His artwork is prized by collectors, and original prints of his posters have fetched high prices at auction. (en)
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  • William Rose (affichiste) (fr)
  • 윌리엄 로즈 (ko)
  • William Rose (illustrator) (en)
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