André De Takacs

André Chevaler De Takacs (15 June 1880 Budapest, Hungary – 23 August 1919) was an illustrator.

Career De Takacs' artwork features on the covers of sheet music. He produced art for posters, postcards, and film company promotions. He also wrote music and poetry. The Smithsonian Libraries have some of his song sheet covers in their collection. The University of South Carolina's Tin Pan Alley Sheet Music Collection also includes his work.

He used several distinctive signatures and marks. His work includes covers from the era when minstrel performers were still popular and depictions of African Americans are based on stereotypes.

He immigrated to the U.S. from Hungary where his father was a count. "I'm On My Way to Reno" (1910) "Air King" (1911) "I'd Be Proud to Be the Mother of a Soldier" (1915) "Honolulu Hicki Boola Boo Island" (1916) "The Cute Little Wigglin' Dance" (1917) "Everybody's Jazzin It" "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"

Books

Nachette by Ned Nye, book The Ashes of My Heart by Edith Blinn, book Ad for The Long Chance (1915), a western film