Zacron

Zacron, born Richard Drew^[1] (1943 - January 2012) was an English artist who designed the Led Zeppelin III album cover.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Zacron was born in Sutton, Surrey in 1943.^[3] He studied painting, drawing, design and etching at Studio 35 in Surbiton from 1957-1960 with Eric Clapton, and later at Kingston College of Art where he met Jimmy Page. He lectured at Leeds College of Art from 1967-1970.^[3] He taught at Acton County School.^{[citation needed]} He also taught for a short while at Elliott Comprehensive in Putney.

Zacron's innovation in graphic techniques laid the foundation for his creation of the Led Zeppelin III album cover in 1970.^[3] This album cover is a small component of a vast and varied body of work spanning five decades, with much of his work having a close association to rock and roll.^[4] He also designed the sleeve for Fancy's 1975 album Something To Remember.^[1]

Zacron has been described as "multi-sided and multi-talented" with "a robust ethos of independence and bravery, a lifelong quest for knowledge".^[4] He was a public advocate of artistic freedom and a notable financial contributor to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London for terminally ill children, organised by Light and Sound at Abbey Road Studios.^[3]

He died in January 2012 from bowel cancer, but his death was not revealed publicly until August that year.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Led Zeppelin cover artist dies, classicrockmagazine.com, retrieved 2 August 2012.
^ "Norwich Fringe Festival". Norwich Evening News 24. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Zacron Information, Zacron.com, retrieved 6 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b Meredith Gunderson, Press Release, 20 November 2008, City Inn Hotels and Number Nine the Gallery, retrieved 6 February 2012.