Gertrude Huston

Gertrude Huston (1919 – August 26, 1998) was an American artist and illustrator known for designing book covers for New Directions.

Early life and education Gertrude Huston was born in New York City in 1919

Huston graduated from Parsons School of Design.

Career alt=Book cover of Turtle Island by Gary Snyder, designed by Gertrude Huston.

Huston worked at the Helena Rubinstein salon in New York. After a tenure at Lucien Long in Chicago, Huston returned to New York City to work at Blaker Advertising Agency. A fan of jazz music, Huston was a member of the Duke Ellington Society, and lobbied to have Ellington formally memorialized in New York City. The Selected Poems of Irving Layton Sun Rock Man by Cid Corman Arrival: Book 1 of Daily Lives in Aghsi-Altai by Robert Nichols The Delights of Turkey: Twenty Tales by Edouard Roditi Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (second ed.) by Dylan Thomas

Other books designed by Huston

In Another Country by James Laughlin

Personal life Huston lost a husband in World War Two. Huston met New Directions founder James Laughlin at a Halloween dance party in 1945. The pair maintained an affair through both of Laughlin's earlier marriages, though they married on December 5, 1990.

Death Gertrude Huston died in Norfolk, Connecticut, on August 26, 1998, after a long illness.