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

  1. ↑ Chuck Brank. "Lyle Tuttle: Forefather of modern tattooing (interview)". Prick Magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2006-12-24.
  2. ↑ John Olson, Portrait of Jo Baker Archived 2019-03-28 at the Wayback Machine;Getty Images. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  3. ↑ Sloan, Dave (November 2, 2011), "The Father of Modern Tattooing", IMA blog, Indianapolis Museum of Art, retrieved November 7, 2011
  4. ↑ "A History-Assisting Historian? Helping Lyle Tuttle Tattoo on 7 Continents!". tattoohistorian.com. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  5. ↑ *World Renowned Tattoo Artist Lyle Tuttle Dies