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Virgil M. “Ex” Exner. Birth. 24 Sep 1909. Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA. Death. 22 Dec 1973 (aged 64) Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, USA. Burial. Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park. Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA Add to Map. Memorial ID. 22631037. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 7. Flowers 8. Memorials.
Virgil Max "Ex" Exner Sr. (September 24, 1909 – December 22, 1973) was an automobile designer for several American automobile companies, most notably Chrysler and Studebaker. Exner is widely known for the "Forward Look" he created for the 1955–1963 Chrysler products and his fondness of tailfins on cars for both aesthetics and aerodynamics .
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Exner, Virgil. Born on September 24, 1909, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Exner was Chrysler Corporation ’s first Vice President of Styling. He is credited with the unique design of the 1947 Studebaker Starlite. Exner received his art training at Notre Dame University in Indiana. He took a job as a helper at Advertising Artists, an art studio ...
The Art Work series, 1930-1973 (oversize) contains actual art work created by Virgil Exner and consists of watercolors, acrylics, paint on canvas and numerous charcoal and pencil sketches of non automotive subjects. The Virgil Exner Jr. series, 1940-1959 (.1 cubic ft. and 1 oversize folder) collects together artistic and biographical materials ...
Virgil Exner gave a new shape to motion with innovative designs that made many American cars of the 1950s true “dream machines.”. Displaying artistic talent as a youth, Exner studied art at Notre Dame University and began his career in 1928 as an illustrator for Advertising Artists. He later joined General Motors’ Art and Color Section ...
Oct 21, 2007 · The models Exner and his staff designed became Studebaker’s 1947 and 1948 models — the so-called New Look cars. They were the first all-new models from any automaker after the war, and they ...
Jan 4, 2023 · Virgil Exner (1909 – 1973) is most known for his opulent ‘dream vehicles’ and sculptural experiments in space-age tail fin designs for the Chrysler Corporation in the years following WWII.
