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Minnesota artist specializing in illustrations and caricatures.
Jerelle Kraus
American art director, artist, and writer
Jerelle Kraus is an American art director, artist, and writer.
Early life
Kraus was born in Southern California to Joyce Kraus and Dr.
Otto Kraus. Ms. Kraus taught at the Edison School, Berkeley, and Mr. Kraus was an emeritus professor of philosophy at University of California Los Angeles.[1] Jerelle attended Pomona College, was a sophomore exchange student at Swarthmore College, received a certificate from École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, a BA and an MA in art from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a Fulbright scholar in Munich.[1]
Career
Art direction
While living in San Francisco, Kraus was the art director of Ramparts Magazine and the founding creative director of Francis Ford Coppola's City Magazine.[2]
In 1977, Kraus began her tenure at The New York Times.
She was the first art director of the Living section. She began at the op-ed sec