![]() He is attributed with bringing tattoo culture into U.S. By the early 1970s, Tuttle had become a renowned tattoo artist in San Francisco with loyal clients including Janis Joplin and many other popular singers and performers. ![]() At 14 years old, he received his first tattoo from Duke Kaufman and then others from Bert Grimm, both legendary figures in tattoo culture, before embarking on his own career as a tattooist. servicemen returning home from World War II. In the mid 1940s, a young Lyle Tuttle (1931–2019) was lured into the then-underground culture of tattoo art after seeing the intriguing tattoo designs on U.S. Reproduction and copyrights restricted and unauthorized without permission. soldiers visit tattoo artist George Burchett (1872–1953), known as the “King of Tattooists” in London, England, circa 1940s, courtesy of the Lyle Tuttle Tattoo Art Collection.
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