Lyle Tuttle
Lyle Tuttle (October 7, 1931 – March 25, 2019) was an American tattoo artist and historian. He was tattooing since 1949.[1] He was born in Chariton, Iowa. Tuttle tattooed Janis Joplin, Cher, Jo Baker,[2] Henry Fonda, Paul Stanley, Joan Baez, the Allman Brothers and many others.
Tuttle taught seminars in "Tattoo machine maintenance and machine building" at tattoo conventions around the United States.[3] He is the only person in the world to have tattooed people in all seven continents.[4]
Tuttle died on March 25, 2019 in Ukiah, California at the age of 87.[5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Chuck Brank. "Lyle Tuttle: Forefather of modern tattooing (interview)". Prick Magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2006-12-24.
- ↑ John Olson, Portrait of Jo Baker Archived 2019-03-28 at the Wayback Machine;Getty Images. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
- ↑ Sloan, Dave (November 2, 2011), "The Father of Modern Tattooing", IMA blog, Indianapolis Museum of Art, retrieved November 7, 2011
- ↑ "A History-Assisting Historian? Helping Lyle Tuttle Tattoo on 7 Continents!". tattoohistorian.com. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ↑ *World Renowned Tattoo Artist Lyle Tuttle Dies
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