Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Earl Moran created this iconic published pin-up pastel for Brown and Bigelow’s 1946 calendar line. It was published with the title “The Doctor Said I Needed Glasses”. The image shows a pretty blonde, enjoying a libation in a cordial glass, her inviting smile and legs on full display. This fresh-to-the-market original pastel is in a […]
Artist: Earl Moran
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Artist: American Artist
This colorful and romantic gouache on illustration board is by the mid-century artist and illustrator Robert Patterson. It was created as an interior illustration for the May 1948 issue of McCall’s magazine. It accompanies a short story written by Frances Malm titled “Rain Beginning.” The images shows a glamorous raven-haired beauty posed forehead-to-forehead with a […]
Artist: Robert Patterson
Illustrator Arthur William Brown’s graphite on paper depiction a chic Parisian street scene populated by American ex-pats was created to accompany a short story by Kenyon Gambier titled The Mad Masquerade in the March 26, 1927 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. Kenyon Gambier was a pen name of U.S. Diplomat Lorin Andrews Lathrop, who […]
Artist: Arthur William Brown
This is an exciting, fresh-to-the-market paperback book cover illustration by Al Schmidt for the 1952 Cardinal Complete Book Edition of The White Tower by James Ramsey Ullman. The text slug on the paperback reads, “Five men and one woman gazed upward at Weissturm – The White Tower – hypnotized by the beckoning shadows […]
Artist: Al Schmidt
A fresh to the market oil painting on canvas by an American artist that was created as cover art for the January, 1949 issue of 10 Story Western. A lurid Wild West pulp title that premiered in 1936 published by Popular Publications. A rugged nattily attired cowboy on the run, lights a match at the […]
Artist: American Artist
A fresh to the market oil painting on canvas by noted artist & illustrator Sam Cherry, this artwork was created for use as the cover of the January, 1947 issue of New Western Magazine. A lurid Wild West pulp spectacle of a rugged cowboy holding a hapless hostage in a chokehold with his handcuffs as […]
Artist: Sam Cherry
On offer is the final original preliminary pastel by Rolf Armstrong for his late 1950s Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company calendar “Delightful”.
Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Original illustration painting by Paul Remmey for sale, for the Lutheran Church’s 1955 Reformation Bulletin.
Artist: Paul Remmey
For sale is an original 1977 advertising painting by G. R. Cheesbrough created as an advertisement for Venture Travel agency in Minneapolis MN.
Artist: G.R. Cheesebrough
