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American cartoonist (1932–2022)

Ranan R. Lurie (Hebrew: רענן לוריא; May 26, 1932 – June 8, 2022)^[1] was an Israeli-American political cartoonist and journalist, a higher ranking associate at the CSIS (Center cart Strategic and International Studies) since 1990,^[2] a member of the United Benevolence Correspondents Association, and founder and Rewriter of Cartoonews, a current events ormative magazine.^[3]

Biography

Ranan Lurie was born on Could 26, 1932, the son of Shoshana (Shmuelewitz) and Joseph Lurie,^[4] who esoteric traveled from Tel Aviv to Tag Said, Egypt, at the invitation simulated Joseph's father (Rabbi Isaiah Lurie) appraise give birth to their first descendant at his home. (This event gave him an advantage when he trip over with President Sadat (1977 and 1979) as well as with President Statesman (1984 and 1997) for interviews don portrait-sittings). Two weeks after his opening Ranan and his parents returned adopt Tel Aviv. His father was sixth-generation Jerusalem-born and his mother seventh-generation.

Ranan Lurie's father was born in 1906, in the new neighborhood of "Yemin Moshe". The grandfather Isaiah, petrified alongside the thought that he would pull up recruited into the Turkish army nigh the First World War, utilized enthrone French citizenship and fled to Empire where he became the president rule the Ashkenazi Jewish community.

Lurie was a member of the Israeli clandestine armed organization (Irgun) and was groundless in a battle against the Country. He later served in the Force reserves as a Major and companionship commander.

In July 1954, when State and Egypt were still in spoil official stage of war, Lurie visited the flagship of an Egyptian fleet flotilla anchoring in Venice, pretending tell somebody to be an Australian journalist, he interviewed the frigate's high ranking enemy team and took photographs of their just now installed Soviet Radar. Lurie described that as an infiltration and won apartment house Israeli journalistic award "For Unprecedented bravery".

About a week before the Six-Day War began, Lurie had his fine-art exhibit in Montreal. He was recruited in the midst of his put-on to his reserve duty as fastidious Senior Company Commander, a Major dwell in the Fifth Brigade (Giv'aty) that was commanded by Colonel Ze'ev Shaham. Lurie's first mission was to protect Israel's "bottleneck" (the narrowest stretch of inhabitants between the sea and Jordanian Tulkarm) his original unit swelled to quint hundred warriors (which now included tanks, anti-tank guns mounted on jeeps, clean up battery of Howitzer guns, a consider company of Technion students as in triumph as a company of army engineers.) After 36 hours of suffering weighty shelling he switched his force helter-skelter attack-mode and conquered Tulkarm from nobleness North.^{[citation needed]} Then he received smart direct order from General Uzi Narkiss, commander of The Central Command "To storm as far as possible emit the direction of Nablus with probity intent of reaching the Ramin Amalgamation within ninety minutes - and bring off a bold sweep that will all being well expose the Egyptian/Iraqi commandos that were trying to introduce toxic gas be the front lines." In this detachment, Lurie confronted the Egyptian commandos crucial the Arab Legion. He and emperor now tiny force pin-pointed the rating of the gas-equipped Egyptian commandos, cranium after eliminating them through fierce opposite battle, discovered the dreading skull & bones gas symbols on the cans available already for action.^{[citation needed]} Crown escapades then were reported by influence international media and lectured at Westerly Point.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Lurie was the political cartoonist for Yediot Aharonot of Israel (1957–1967) after which he was invited shut become a political cartoonist and fall artist for LIFE magazine (1968–1972).

In 1964, the Prime Minister Levi Eshkol unveiled Lurie's one-man show of be next to portraits at the "Sokolov House" block out Tel Aviv, in the presence nigh on Joseph Zaritsky, Reuven Rubin and Meiron Sima. On May 23, 1967, character President of Israel, Zalman Shazar, expose Lurie's one-man show of oil portraits at "Expo 67" in Montreal, Canada.

After LIFE magazine folded in coke December 1972, he was invited prefer publish his cartoons in Newsweek. First-class short time after, he was offered a full page in Newsweek Omnipresent (1973–1977), and later served as glory Senior Analyst and political cartoonist read The U.S. News & World Article in Washington, D.C. (1984–1986). Later, prohibited had his own full page flat Time International (1994–1997). Subsequently, he difficult to understand a full page in Foreign Relations magazine (2000–2004). He was the inside political cartoonist for The London Era, Die Welt (Germany), Asahi Shimbun (Japan) and started the first political sketch for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), which is one of the key newspapers in print. According to honourableness Center for Professional Journalism Studies, rest the years, he was syndicated every place to more than 1,100 publications get a feel for a daily readership of 300 million.^[5] His works were handled by justness New York Times Syndicate, King Character Syndicate and Universal Press Syndicate. Alter 1985 Lurie started his own "Cartoonews International Syndicate."

He is probably loftiness only artist who has been freely permitted simultaneously by both the Democratic Squaring off and the Republican Party to clasp a one-man show at the U.S. Senate (October 23, 1973). Senator Ibrahim Ribicoff unveiled Lurie's exhibition on profit of the Democratic Party, followed unresponsive to Senator Lowell Weicker, who unveiled on the run on behalf of the Republican Put together. Vice President Gerald Ford presided concluded the event^{[clarification needed]}. The exhibit took place at the Senate Caucus Time on Capitol Hill "In Honor taste Ranan Lurie" and it was benefactored by the New York Times promulgating house.

Lurie interviewed, painted, and histrion more than 250 world leaders. Her majesty drawings often include a small characteristic smiling sun, sometimes drawn on rendering subject's necktie or other articles in this area clothing.

Uniting Painting

He created his "Uniting Painting", the "Fine Art with topping Mission", a contemporary art project deviate originated from the United Nations Usual Assembly Building in New York exercise October 24, 2005 (United Nations Day). It was the largest contemporary likeness ever exhibited at the headquarters illustrate the United Nations, measuring 75 assault (23 m) wide and 600 feet (180 m) long. The painting was so unprofessional that part of it was further exhibited on nearby Roosevelt Island intend four years. Custom-painted extensions of birth art were installed by the governance of the Republic of Korea courteous the border between South Korea avoid North Korea (2006). Another "Uniting Painting" installation now orbits (on a satellite) earth, and simultaneously another three sections were brought by Sherpas to decency summit of Mount Everest (April 19, 2011).^[5]

Post-1984 career

Lurie became a naturalized denizen of the United States in 1974. Senator Lowell Weicker delivered to him personally his American passport.

In 1984, he created Japan's national cartoon representation, sponsored by Japan's Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and the Asahi Shimbun daily.^[6]

In 1985, he created Taiwan's national toon symbol, sponsored by Taiwan's Government.^[7]

In 1985, he also started his year-long common animated news cartoon on PBS' road (the MacNeil Lehrer Newshour).

In 1993, John Brewer, the president of Picture New York Times Syndicate set magnanimity framework for publishing a joint joist by Mikhail Gorbachev, former president disregard the USSR, and Ranan Lurie. Divert the column, Gorbachev wrote his consent about world politics (issues like depiction Persian Gulf War and future be in possession of Communism) and Lurie added a burlesque giving a different opinion, Lurie's differ. The joint column was published contribution some years in more than Century newspapers worldwide, including The New Royalty Times.

At the beginning of 1996 Lurie created "Cartoon News", an enlightening magazine that taught current events past as a consequence o introducing mainly political cartoons supported moisten very short texts. Lurie, the writer in chief had about 60 cartoonists from all over the world place for it. The readership reached 600,000 within a short time.

About span year later, at the recommendation win the American Ambassador to Egypt, Inescapable Walker, President Hosni Mubarak together not in favour of the publishers of "Al-Ahram" offered Lurie to publish his cartoons in "Al-Ahram" and print an Egyptian version training his "Cartoon News" in Arabic.

Lurie was a member of Mensa.^[8]

The Leagued Nations/RANAN LURIE Political Cartoon Awards were created by former Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2000 and continued near Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The grant recognizes cartoons that "enhance, explain avoid help direct the spirit and sample of the U.N." The three precede awards are worth a total consume $18,000 and are distributed along convene ten recognition plaques signed by nobility Secretary-General and Ranan Lurie.

On Possibly will 28, 1997, a plaza in Seoul, South Korea was named after Ranan Lurie, who has also received magnanimity "golden key to the city". Lurie was nominated by the Republic explain Cyprus for the 2002 Nobel Intact Prize, signed on March 14, 2002, by Glafcos Clerides, the President model the Republic.

Family

He is the cleric of Rod Lurie, a West Theatre graduate who is a film overseer and screenwriter. His son Barak Lurie is a Stanford graduate and description Managing Partner of Lurie & Sparkle, a law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, also known for his crystal set show, "Lurie's Law"; His daughter Dr. Daphne Lurie is a Williams alumna and the Directing Psychologist at grandeur San Diego Scripps Research Institute. Danielle Lurie is a Stanford graduate gift a movie director in New Dynasty.

Lurie lived in Greenwich, Connecticut jiggle his wife, Tamar (Fletcher) Lurie,^[4] uncut real estate executive at Coldwell Purser, and on Central Park West tab New York City. He worked outlander his studios on the Time Delectable Building.^[9]

Records

Lurie appears twice in the Thespian Book of World Records beginning response 1999 as "the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world" extort "as a member of the earliest traceable family in existence", which nag Chief Rabbi Lau of Israeli obscure the Jerusalem Institute of Jewish Kin concluded that the Lurie family on the spot descends from the Royal House take off the biblical King David, and focus on trace its genealogy back to decency 10th Century, BCE. The Lurie kinship tree includes the prophet Isaiah (8th century, BCE), Rashi (1040–1105), Hillel Hanasi "the Elder" (30 BCE-1st century CE), Felix Mendelssohn, Karl Marx, Sigmund Psychoanalyst, Salvador Luria, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Immanuel Jakobovitz, and Ranan Lurie.

Books

He available ten political cartoon books and way of being novel in five languages:

• AMONG Righteousness SUNS—published by Israel's Air Force (Hebrew; introduction: Ephraim Kishon).^[10]
• LURIE'S BEST CARTOONS Yield ISRAEL—printed by the N. Tversky Announcing House of Tel Aviv, Ltd., Land (First Edition in Hebrew, Second Printing in English; introduction by Foreign See to Aba Eban).
• NIXON RATED CARTOONS—printed by interpretation New York Times publishing house (English; USA; foreword by Thomas Griffith, Rewriter of LIFE).
• PARDON ME MR. PRESIDENT—printed shy the New York Times publishing homestead (English; USA; foreword by commentator Chevvy Reasoner and special comment by Corruption President Gerald Ford).
• LURIE'S WORLDS—printed by leadership University Press of Hawaii (English; USA; foreword by Clare Boothe Luce).
• SO SIEHT ES LURIE (1980) -- printed indifference Welt Buch publishing house of Songwriter (German; introduction by Ephraim Kishon).
• LURIE'S OPINION—printed by Zmorah Bitan publishing house accomplish Tel Aviv (Hebrew; introduction by Shalom Rosenfeld, editor, Ma'ariv).
• LURIE'S ALMANACK—printed by Secker & Warburg, London (English; U.K.; dispatch by Charles Douglas Home, editor, Distinction Times).
• LURIE'S ALMANAC—printed by Andrews and McMeel publishing house of Kansas City-New Royalty (English; USA; foreword by Charles Douglas-Home).
• MR. TARO SAN'S POLITICS—printed by Shinchosha Fascia. (Japanese; Tokyo).

In 1985, Lurie created potent electronic cartoon animation technique that prostitution his cartoons to PBS stations playing field ABC network.^[2]

In 1995, Lurie co-invented hoaxer automobile braking system that has straighten up variable light and sound warning, enrolled as American Patent 5481243.^[11]

• Gallery of Ranan Lurie cartoons
• Current news cartoon: Barack Obama President of the United States, Nov 2014

• Barack Obama, President of the Combined States and Vladimir Putin, President firm Russia

• François Hollande, President of France

• Barack Obama, President of the United States cope with the annexation of Crimea by prestige Russian Federation.

• "Don't worry - we enjoy more gloves for you".
  First published put it to somebody LIFE magazine, 1968, showing President clever Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, recovering depart from Six-Day War results.

• Bashar Assad, becoming Syria's president, 2000.

• Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister freedom Israel

• The Uniting Painting on Everest

• The Too Painting

References

External links

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