William Siegel

William Siegel (1905–1990; born Wilhelm Tsiegelnitsky, later William Sanderson) was an American painter and illustrator. Early in his career, he worked as a contributing editor publishing illustrations in New Masses magazine. During the Great Depression he developed a rich career illustrating children's books, including Marion Hurd McNeely's Newbery Honor Book The Jumping-Off Place. He as a consequence worked in magazine illustration and advertising, before creature drafted into the U.S. Army in World War II. He served at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, before subconscious sent to Germany. After the conflict he became an Assistant Professor of Advertising Design at the University of Denver, teaching there from 1946 until his retirement in 1972. He was considered "one of the mainstays, one of the people who helped build the School of Art" and is an important modernist artist in Colorado.