Nelson C. Hahne

Nelson C. Hahne
Born	Nelson C. Hahne December 9, 1908 Dayton, Ohio
Died	October 04, 1970 (age 61) Pompano Beach, Florida
Resting place	Section 2, Lot 612, Space 5, Dayton Memorial Park, 8135 North Dixie Drive, Dayton, Ohio
Categories	Books by Nelson C. Hahne

Nelson C. Hahne (1908-1970) was an illustrator for many books and magazines, with Modern Coin Magic being one of his most well known.

Biography

Hahne graduated from the University of Dayton with a BS degree in Commerce.

He Illustrated Jean Hugard's Modern Magic Manual and J. B. Bobo's Modern Coin Magic. He drew illustrations for the Linking Ring Magazine for many years. and provided many illustrations and covers for the mentalism catalogues of Robert Nelson. Much of his art was unsigned, but when he did sign his drawings he either used his initials, NH, or his surname, Nelson. An excellent anatomist and designer, his art style changed over the years from formal Art Deco pen-and ink compositions in the 1930s to a looser brush-and-ink "commercial art" style in the 1950s.

He was a close friend of Laurie Ireland, and he also helped write a few books.

Books

• Modernism in Pasteboard with Ralph W. Hull
• Smart Magic with Ralph W. Hull
• Here's Magic with Joe Berg

References

• Abracadabra Vol 50 iss 1291 p259 (Oct 1970)
• The Linking Ring, Vol. 50, No. 11, November 1970, Illustrator Nelson Hahne Dies, page 114
• The Linking Ring, Vol. 50, No. 12, December 1970, Nelson Hahne, page 43, Broken Wand, Nelson C. Hahne, page 142
• The New Tops, Vol. 10, No. 12, December 1970, Final Curtain, Nelson C. Hahne, page 40
• The Linking Ring, Vol. 75, No. 7, July 1995, The Art Of Deception or The Magical Affinity Between Conjuring and Art, by Chuck Romano, page 63
• The Linking Ring, Vol. 87, No. 12, December 2007, Nelson Hahne, by Samuel Patrick Smith, Lighting the Imagination, page 40