John Alcorn (1935–1992) was an American artist and designer, as well as a children’s book illustrator.
John Alcorn was known for his original and vibrant solutions in commercial design. He created advertising materials, packaging, title sequences for several Federico Fellini films, and designed numerous book covers. His works were featured in many major exhibitions.
Alcorn received his art education at Cooper Union, a prestigious private college near Manhattan, where he learned the fundamentals of painting, calligraphy, architecture, and typography, and specialized in illustration, graphic design, and advertising design.
Early in his career, he worked in the art department of Esquire magazine, collaborated with a pharmaceutical advertising agency, and designed materials for CBS Radio and CBS-TV. From 1959, Alcorn essentially became a freelance artist.
In 1962, the American Institute of Graphic Arts selected his illustrated book Books! as one of the fifty best books of the year.
From 1971, Alcorn lived and worked in Italy with his wife and four sons; he returned to the United States in 1977.
Alcorn’s works were exhibited at the Louvre in Paris, Castello Sforzesco in Milan, and the Venice Biennale. In 1968, he won the Grand Prize at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
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