Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Original Men's Adventure Magazine Illustration by Samson Pollen Offered here is an exceptionally rendered, exceedingly sexy, vintage and original gouache on board grayscale illustration by the prolific and frequently-published illustrator Samson Pollen. A classic example of 1970s men's magazine art, this heady, thrilling illustration was published in a November 1970 issue of For Men Only […]
Artist: Samson Pollen
Price: Sold
Featuring an action-packed early football image, this exciting, fresh-to-the-market pulp cover painting is signed lower right by Clyde Forsythe, an American illustrator who created a number of iconic American WWI propaganda posters.This large oil on canvas dates to around 1920 and we have so far have not been able to find where this appeared. Our hunch is that is was […]
Artist: Clyde Forsythe
Price: Sold
A large classic Americana c. 1950 oil painting on canvas created for Atlantic Petroleum by Hayden Hayden. This was likely created as a billboard advertising design. In this all-American apple pie depiction, a clean cut high school football star has attracted the interest of a pretty co-ed after being "Fixed Up For The […]
Artist: Hayden Hayden
Price: Sold
One of two 1930s oil on stretched canvas paintings we have acquired by Robert T. Riley, a New York state fine artist and illustrator who worked in a social realist / WPA bleak stylized Regionalist aesthetic. In this expressive work, Riley evokes the anxieties caused by a football injury as a player is carted off the field, capturing the multitude of pained expressions on the faces of those gathered. This somber, painting was created during the depths of the Great Depression and it offers bleak commentary on the hardships endured by all men.
Artist: Robert Riley
Price: Sold
