Jack Lane currently lives in Woodland Hills, in the San Fernando Valley near Los
Angeles. He was the artist who drew most of the caricatures for the walls of the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant from 1947 to 1987. Many of his sketches appear on the walls of the Brown Derby restaurant in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

He was born in Illinois on October 28, 1916, and he and his wife, Mitzi, are still healthy and very active today. His book, "A Gallery of Stars:The Hollywood Brown Derby Wall of Fame", was just published recently, and will be available shortly.
The Hollywood Entertainment Museum recently featured much of his work in a
special exhibit last year. He was interviewed in front of a live audience there, and told many interesting anecdotes about his various experiences as "Caricaturist to the Stars" at the Derby. He could go on for hours with amazing stories about the most famous celebrities of Hollywood's 'Glory Days' when the biggest names of the day would seek him out, hoping to be lucky enough to be drawn and put on the Wall of Fame.

One of his favorite bits of wisdom about art is this: "Every human being is born an artist. Every single child at one time or another picks up a crayon or a pencil and draws for enjoyment for hours, recreating whatever he sees. The problem is most kids eventually put the crayon down and move on to other things. The ones who don't - wind up being the artists".

To Artist Showroom