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Old West

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 […]

Hanged Wrong

Artist: American Artist

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, cowboy, Golden Age, illustration, lurid, magazine cover, Old West, original cover art, original illustration art, pulp, western americana
Added to Gallery: May 2, 2019

This rugged barroom shootout scene is a dramatically rendered, Western Americana gouache illustration by the California illustrator Fred Ludekens.

Shoot Out In Santa Inez

Artist: Fred Ludekens

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: cowboy, Fred Ludekens, Old West, original illustration art, original interior illustration, Saturday Evening Post, western
Added to Gallery: December 11, 2017

An action packed damsel in distress fire rescue pulp cover painting by Sam Cherry for the February 1943 issue of Thrilling Ranch Stories – Romantic Stories of The West. A fearless square jawed handsome cowboy emerges from a burning building with a damsel in his arms, his pistol a blazin’, as our felled damsel struggles to regain […]

Burned Prairies

Artist: Sam Cherry

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, cowboy, damsel in distress, Golden Age, magazine cover, Old West, original cover art, pulp, Sam Cherry, Thrilling Ranch, western
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2016

On offer is an action packed, large format cover painting by George H. Wert, commissioned by Street & Smith publishers for the April 27, 1929 edition of Western Story Magazine. A foiled bank robbery in the old west as the three tough as nails cowboys heed orders to “Come out with your hands up”. The artist employs a heavy […]

Come Out With Your Hands Up

Artist: George H. Wert

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, George H. Wert, Golden Age, magazine cover, Old West, original cover art, original illustration art, pulp, western americana
Added to Gallery: January 20, 2016

An action packed, Western Americana pulp cover painting by George H. Wert, which was commissioned and used by Street & Smith publishers for the July 9, 1927 edition of Western Story Magazine. A square jaw ranch-hand rustles a group of steer while casually smoking a cig, one of the classic cowboy images that inspired the Marlboro Man. Created with […]

The Stampede

Artist: George H. Wert

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, George H. Wert, magazine cover, Old West, original cover art, original illustration art, pulp, western, Western Story Magazine
Added to Gallery: January 4, 2016

 

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