Marion Sampler

yer: Anniston

Doğmuş: 1920

Ölüm: 1998

Biyografi:

Marion Sampler was an American designer. Sampler was most known for being one of the first Black graphic designers to work in commercial design firms. He was born in Anniston, Alabama in 1920 and began education in art early in his life in Cincinnati. He then moved to California, enrolling in Jepson Art Institute in 1953, and later at California Institute of the Arts. He transferred to the University of Southern California, and graduated from there in 1955. After his graduation, Sampler started teaching art at Fremont High School in Los Angeles. In 1956, he joined a design mentoring group created by Saul Bass, Norm Gollin, Louis Danziger, and Milton Zolotow. The program aimed to help people of color find employment and training