Bob Cato

Robert G. Cato (September 5, 1923 – March 19, 1999) was an American graphic designer, photographer, painter and collagist whose work in record album cover design contributed to the development of music and popular culture for five decades. He was vice president of creative services at Columbia Records, and later at United Artists. A Quaker, Cato was imprisoned during The Korean War as a conscientious objector. He then lived in Chicago, studying with László Moholy-Nagy of the Bauhaus school. Moving to Philadelphia in 1947, Cato studied with renowned art director and magazine designer Alexey Brodovitch, eventually becoming Brodovitch's assistant at Harper's Bazaar.

Cato painted and exhibited throughout the 1940s and 1950s, while serving as art director at Dance, Glamour, Jr. Bazaar and Theatre Arts magazines.

Awards

1964, Grammy Awards for Best Album Cover of the Year for Barbra Streisand's People 1968, Grammy Awards for Best Album Cover of the Year for Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits 1997, President's Merit Award, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences