His imaginatively intricate and captivating drawings burst with fierce color, peculiar beings, patterns and repetition — the product of a lifetime toiling to capture and hold his viewer in a trance. Rombola was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1933.

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John Rombola started his career illustrating for magazines, and his work frequently appeared in Life, Holiday, and Town & Country. Recently rediscovered by a new generation of art and design lovers, John Rombola's rambunctious, spirited art is.

Jan 1, 2009 · Recently rediscovered by a new generation of art and design lovers, John Rombola's rambunctious, spirited art is gathered in this first-ever comprehensive monograph of his work.

Oct 21, 2009 · Lively and often funny, the drawings in this volume reveal the spirited style of an eccentric artist who moves to his own, whimsical rhythm. Rombola works primarily in gouache and ink on paper; his art is in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact (publication in North America) or (publication in all other geographic locations).American, born 1933

Mar 19, 2015 · John Rombola (b. 1933 ), a Brooklyn-born artist, has always marched to the beat of his own whimsical rhythm. And fittingly so, when radio station WPaT, which also moved to its own rhythm, commissioned Rombola to provide illustrations for its 1963 advertising campaign “In the Air Everywhere,” to be displayed in subway cars across New

Oct 21, 2009 · Lively and often funny, the drawings in this volume reveal the spirited style of an eccentric artist who moves to his own, whimsical rhythm. Rombola works primarily in gouache and ink on...

His imaginatively intricate and captivating drawings burst with fierce color, peculiar beings, patterns and repetition—the product of a lifetime toiling to capture and hold his viewer in a trance. Rombola was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1933.

For all of August 2010, Rombola’s surreal displays are installed in the highly visible windows of Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue in New York (above). And, in keeping with Bergdorf’s tradition for eccentric windows, they jump through the glass.