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Dean Cornwell
Man with Bandaged Head, Saturday Evening Post Illustration

1918

About the Item

Date: 1918 Medium: Oil on Mounted Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Dimensions: 24.70" x 18.20" Illustration from “The Fire Flinger’s” written by William J. Neidig, featured in The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, June 29, 1918. p17. JVJ Publishing, Jim Vadeboncoeur; The Vadeboncoeur Collection of Images, Palo Alto, CA. Issue#13, Fall 2014 Nicknamed "The Dean of Illustrators" by his peers. A cartoonist at 18 for Louisville Herald. By 1911 he was in the Chicago Tribune's Art department while studying at the city's Art Institute. In 1915, a student of Harvey Dunn, he in turn taught artists and developed talents for a generation. Oils for Cosmopolitan, Redbook, True, American Weekly, Life, Good Housekeeping. Book art for Man from Galilee and others. Ad contracts for GM, Eastern, Pennsylvania Railroad, Paul Jones Whiskey, Aunt Jemima, Seagram's Gin, Woodbury Soap, Palmolive, Coke, Goodyear, New York Life, Squibb. Excellent muralist after a stay in London with Frank Brangwyn and in 1927 began a five-year period of mural painting in California including the Los Angeles Public Library and the Lincoln Memorial Shrine in Redlands. Other murals: Rockefeller Center, Bethlehem Steel, New York's General Motors Building, 1939 World's Fair.
  • Creator:
    Dean Cornwell (1892 - 1960, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1918
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24.7 in (62.74 cm)Width: 18.2 in (46.23 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38431412383
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