sentences:  He frequently stated that his formal art training was "negligible"; Gorey studied art for one semester at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1943.From 1953 to 1960, he lived in Manhattan and worked for the Art Department of Doubleday Anchor, illustrating book covers and in some cases, adding illustrations to the text.He illustrated works as diverse as Bram Stoker's "Dracula", H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" and T. S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats".