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Joseph Csatari (February 20, 1929 – April 14, 2025) was an American artist, born in South River, New Jersey, the son of John and Emma (née Kovacs) Csatari, who were Hungarian immigrants. Csatari was a realist artist who worked with Norman Rockwell. As a boy, Csatari had painstakingly recreated Saturday Evening Post covers that Rockwell had painted. In 1977, shortly before Rockwell died, Csatari was commissioned as the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) official artist.
Since the 1977 BSA calendar, Csatari made 24 paintings for the Boy Scouts of America, including a painting commemorating the endowment program's 1910 Society. In 1997 an exhibit of these paintings toured the United States at fund-raising events in local councils throughout the country. Though it's not well known, Csatari also painted more than 10 official portraits of BSA presidents and Chief Scout Executives during his career. But it is his paintings of "Boy Scouts being Boy Scouts, having fun in the outdoors, and doing community service projects" that he found most rewarding.
Csatari became a freelance artist in 1977 and painted for many magazines and companies, as well as having painted designs for two U.S. postage stamps and several book covers. He lived in South River, New Jersey, where he maintained an art studio at his home, and had a wife and three children.Granieri, Laurie. "PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST", Asbury Park Press, January 6, 2002. Accessed February 5, 2011. "Joe Csatari is in a reflective mood today. He relaxes in his home art studio in South River, a sunlit perch set among bare tree branches..." He received several awards of excellence in Editorial Art Directing from the Society of Illustrators, New York.
In early June 2005, Csatari was awarded the BSA's highest honor, the Silver Buffalo Award. In 2008, a twelve-city U.S. tour of Norman Rockwell's and Csatari's artworks was scheduled.
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