Saul Steinberg

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An artist from Romania known for clever drawings and famous New Yorker covers

proper noun
/sɔl ˈstaɪnbɜrg/

: Saul Steinberg

The famous cartoonist Saul Steinberg was born in Romania.

Examples

Saul Steinberg was renowned for his imaginative covers for The New Yorker.
Many artists have cited Saul Steinberg as an influence on their own approach to cartooning.
An exhibition of Saul Steinberg's work attracted visitors from around the world.
Did you know that Saul Steinberg contributed to The New Yorker?
Saul Steinberg was renowned for his imaginative covers for The New Yorker.
An exhibition of Saul Steinberg's work attracted visitors from around the world.
Many artists have cited Saul Steinberg as an influence on their own approach to cartooning.

Surface Forms

Saul Steinberg main

Morphology

Saul + Steinberg

This is a proper name referring to a specific person. Knowing the constituent words 'Saul' and 'Steinberg' (both lexical items without independent semantic content here) does not allow a B1 learner to infer the individual's profession or biographical details; the referent must be learned directly.

Etymology

Saul Steinberg was a Romanian-born artist who became famous in the United States for his clever, often funny drawings and covers for The New Yorker. Many of his pictures looked like maps or city views with playful, imaginative details, so people now think of him as the person behind 'clever drawings that look like maps'.