Esta Nesbitt

Esther "Esta" Nesbitt, born as Esther Feuerman (1918–1975), was an American illustrator, xerox artist, filmmaker, and educator. Between the 1940s until the 1960s, Nesbitt actively led a career as a fashion illustrator for leading magazines and newspapers including Harpers Bazaar, Mademoiselle, and the New York Times Magazine. In the 1960s she began experimenting with fine art, in multidisciplines and with xerox art.

Biography Esther Feuerman was born 19 November 1918 in New York City, New York. Nesbitt studied at the Traphagen School of Fashion, graduating 1937 in Illustration, working primarily in fashion illustration. She continued her studies at Columbia University, and New York University (NYU). Between 1964 until 1974, Nesbitt was a professor at the Parson’s School of Design. In the 1960s and 1970s, Nesbitt was one of the earliest artists experimenting with xerox art. She invent three xerography techniques, named transcapsa, photo-transcapsa, and chromacapsa.

She died on 30 November 1975 in New York City, New York. Brooklyn Museum, Archives of American Art, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian American Art Museum, among others.