Robert Gessner (born 1933) is an American freelance artist, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who created many logos for the city's athletics team. In addition to producing logos, Gessner also provides artwork for local team programs. After studying at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh, Gessner fought in the Korean War with the US Army before returning to Pittsburgh to begin his freelance artist career. He is credited for providing logos to Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Hornets and Pitt Panthers.
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Logo jobs
University of Pittsburgh
He designed the "Pitt" logo of the University of Pittsburgh script that was first used on their football helmets in 1973. The Pitt script logo became the most dominant logo for the university and athletics teams starting with its adoption to the university football helmets in 1973. While earning his title at Pitt, Gessner befriended Beano Cook, director of the University's sports information. Cook gave Gessner some freelance illustration work for athletic programs, newspapers, and other Panthers publications. Gessner's "Pitt" script logo is actually a stylish version of the signature of William Pitt, the British Secretary of State during the French and Indian Wars, and then the Prime Minister, for whom Fort Pitt and then Pittsburgh were named.
Pittsburgh Hornets
In 1961, Beano Cook helped Gessner get a job to create a new logo for the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League. He was hired to make the Hornet logo look more resilient, as the team had ceased operations since 1955-1960. In addition, he also does all the artwork for the team program. Gessner worked with the Hornets carried over to him getting a logo job for the Pittsburgh Penguins expansion in 1967.
Pittsburgh Penguins
In 1967 Gessner created the first logo for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. He paid $ 1,500 for providing Penguins with their logos. The first logo featured penguins skating with a scarf holding a hockey stick in front of the symbolic golden triangle of the Golden Triangle of the city. The team's original color is black and white. But the protests from Boston Bruins, which claimed that black and white are owned by the Bruins, forced the Penguins to change their color to blue Columbia, white and navy blue. The logo changed in 1968 to allow penguin skating to look more cruel. Gessner's "penguin skating" was used until 1992, but was revived in 2000 and still remains the basis of the current team logo, with only a different color. On September 27, 2010 it was announced that the original scarf version of penguin skating will be featured on the new Penguin alternative jersey that will debut at NHL Winter Classic 2011, to be held at Heinz Field. This marks the first time, penguin scarf will be displayed on the jersey.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Gessner also drew the symbol of "pirate-friendly" used by the Pittsburgh Pirates of National League baseball from 1968 to 1987.
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Retirement
Gessner retired in 1996 and currently lives in St. Petersburg. St. Augustine, Florida.
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References
- History of Pittsburgh Penguin Logo
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