rosenwald: ‘art on the chessboard’

“[Chess Re­view] had a habit of fea­tur­ing chess pieces on its cov­ers. The pre­vi­ous oc­cur­rence was July 1968 ‘On the Cov­er where the CR blurb ex­plained that is was from a ‘dis­play of chess sets held at the Brook­lyn Museum’”
—Mark Weeks, Chess for All Ages

 

the rosen­wald fam­i­ly was big into chess.

all the men played, and some were very good.

my fa­ther, bob was not a ranked play­er, but should have been – he was excellent.

this is a mock­up (can’t find the orig­i­nal now) of one of the many sets he cre­at­ed for chess re­view mag­a­zine cov­ers in the 1960s.

 

this one was made at cran­brook in 1937. he was 17.

 

the queens gam­bit (2020) made me think about all this.

the games in it are real. i like that.

 

—lau­rie rosenwald

Flom­mist Lau­rie Rosen­wald is an Amer­i­can il­lus­tra­tor, au­thor, artist, and de­sign­er. Copy­right © 2020 Lau­rie Rosen­wald. Top im­age.

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