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Gelsavage, John Zygmund

Born
3/26/1909
Birthplace
Old Forge, Pennsylvania
Education
Washington Correspondence School of Cartooning
Indiana State Teachers College
Pittsburgh Artist Institute
Art Students League in New York
New York Phoenix School of Design
Pratt Institute
Lawrence Institute of Technology
Chrysler Institute of Engineering
Greason School of Painting
Notes
Member of Michigan Academy of Arts and Letters, the Scarab Club, and the Detroit Astronomical Society.

Honorary Member of the Detroit Historical Society.
Occupation
Illustrator, McGraw Hill Publishing Company, 1929
Editorial artist, "Detroit Times and Detroit Daily Mirror, 1931-1934
Watercolor Artist Detroit and Ontario, Canada, 1934-1937
Display Artwork, Crowley Milner Co., Detroit,
1937-1939
Display Artwork, J.L. Hudson Co.,1939-43
Automotive designer, Chrysler Corporation,1943-44
Commercial art studio,1945
Display artwork, J.L. Hudson Co., 1945-1948
Jam Handy Corp., 1948-52
Paramount Engineering, 1952-53
Nelson Assoc., 1953-54
Chrysler Corp., Technical Information Dept.,1955-56
Education Dept.,U.A.W., Detroit,
1956-59
Technical Illustrators, Warren,MI,1959-60
Freelance work on Cosmo-hut, 1960-63, Creative Industries,1963, Graphic Engineering,1963
Technical Illustrator, Burroughs Corp.,1968-70
Instructor, Academy of Art, 1968-70
Educational Corp. of America, Troy, MI, slide films for children,
1970-76
Model maker for Modern Engineering, 1976-80
Pioneer Engineering, 1980
Float for Thanksgiving Day Parade, J.L. Hudson Co.,1981
Model maker, Fisher Body, G.M. Tech. Center,1982
Publications
"The Art of John Z. Gelsavage"
"An Artist VIews Detroit: Paintings by John Z. Gelsavage"
Father
Frank Martin Galasiewicz
Mother
Regina Skardzinska
Spouse
Helen Tworkowska, m. 7/18/1931
Children
Cornelius J. (b. c. 1932)
John J. (b. c. 1934)
Christine
Helen A.
Mary Ann
Nationality
American