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Young Love: Walking to School, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustrated for the 1949 Four Seasons Calendar, published by Brown and Bigelow.
A young girl
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
After Gil Elvgren (Am. 1914-1980) Offset Lithograph “A Knock Out” Pin Up
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Chicago, IL
World War II. Circa 1944, Elvgren was approached by Brown and Bigelow, a firm that still dominates the
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
After Gil Elvgren (Am. 1914-1980) Framed Offset Lithograph “Sleepy Time Girl”
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Chicago, IL
aircraft during World War II. Circa 1944, Elvgren was approached by Brown and Bigelow, a firm that still
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
H 15 in W 12 in D 0.5 in
"First Hunt" Original Oil by Ralph Crosby Smith
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Brown and Bigelow commissioned him for their calendars.
PERIOD: Mid 20th Century
ORIGIN: California
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pin Up Girl with Red Hat, untitled, original pinup vintage poster
By Billy Devorss
Located in Spokane, WA
Brown and Bigelow's Kansas City branch office, De Vorss soon received his first commission from the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 20 in W 15.25 in D 0.05 in
Soaking Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
the same catalog. Rockwell, who was doing the Boy Scouts calendars for Brown and Bigelow, the premiere
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Soaking Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
, who was doing the Boy Scouts calendars for Brown and Bigelow, the premiere calendar publishing company
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
THE FOUR SEASONS 4 Hand Drawn Lithographs, American Illustration Art, Americana
By After Norman Rockwell
Located in Union City, NJ
square dancing in a hoe down. WINTER depicts them making music together. Brown and Bigelow commissioned
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Danger Signal" Original Oil by Robert Atkinson Fox
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
commercial success during his lifetime. He worked for various publishers, including Brown and Bigelow, Edward
Category
Vintage 1920s American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Statue of Young Boy in Fountain on the Plaza
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Omaha Steel
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
"Encounter" Indian & bear. Santa Fe Utah Colorado, Wyoming, Montana 1930s. Large
By Frank Hoffman
Located in San Antonio, TX
horses, longhorn steers, several breeds of dogs, eagles, a bear and burros.
From 1940 Brown & Bigelow
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mort Kunstler (b. 1927) "Morning Mist" (1981) Oil on Canvas
By Mort Künstler
Located in Incline Village, NV
location 52675.
Calendar, The American Spirit 1994, Brown and Bigelow, St. Paul, MN, illustrated in color
Category
Vintage 1980s American Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Me and My Pal: Fishing Raft, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
For Norman Rockwell's Four Seasons calendar series for Brown & Bigelow
By the end of World War
Category
1950s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Franklin Dehaven, NA Oil Painting Salmagundi Artist Farm with Barn Sunny Day
By Franklin DeHaven
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Club; Silver Medal from the National Arts Club in 1921; and the Brown-Bigelow Gold Medal from the
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 13.75 in W 12.75 in D 1 in
Polo Engraving, California Polo by Reinhold H. Palenske
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
illustrator for a variety of newspapers and for publishers Brown & Bigelow. Brown & Bigelows image was based
Category
20th Century American Sporting Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
bulb
By Isabel Bigelow
Located in New York, NY
Current Location: Chelsea, NYC
Materials
Monoprint
David Maass Original Oil Painting On Board Wildlife Geese Signed Framed Artwork
Located in Bloomington, MN
calendars for Brown and Bigelow. Today his artwork is on display in many renowned collections, such as the
Category
1960s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Nude Marilyn Monroe" by Earl Moran for Playboy 1946 Edition 33 of 75
Located in Los Angeles, CA
some paintings of bikini-clad girls to two calendar companies; when both Brown and Bigelow and Thomas D
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.02 in
The Nude Marilyn Monroe II by Earl Moran for Playboy 1946 Edition 34 of 75
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, he sent some paintings of bikini-clad girls to two calendar companies; when both Brown and Bigelow
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.02 in
Old White Birch
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Left
This piece was published as the illustration for a 1940 Brown and Bigelow calendar as Evening
Category
1930s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"A Sweet Job, " Original illustration for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Compa
By Earl Steffa Moran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1940s
Medium: Pastel on Board
Dimensions: 24.00" x 17.25"
Signature: Signed Left Center
Accompanied by a calendar dated 1942 advertising Supreme Power Supplies Limited, with ...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Board
Antique Brass, Marble & Crystal Girandole Candelabra with Bigelow Chapel c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Brass, Marble & Crystal Girandole Candelabra with Bigelow Chapel c1890
Measures - 16 1/2
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Candelabras
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Brass
H 16.5 in W 17.5 in D 4.75 in
Drawing of rural scene with crowd and mules
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
with operations in the Midwest, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil
Category
1990s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Blind Beggar (pencil drawing made on streets of Kansas City in Depression)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
. Major corporations with operations in the Midwest, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
A Duryea Wagon Wins the Race, Great Moments in Early American Motoring
By Robert Lougheed
Located in Fort Washington, PA
between illustrating for publishers such as True, The National Geographic, Reader’s Digest, and Brown
Category
Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
The Old Mill
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
illustration in a 1944 Brown & Bigelow calendar under the title Thy Rocks and Rills. Parrish began
Category
1940s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Lot at Steak
By Gil Elvgren
Located in New Orleans, LA
Steak, originally published in the 1955 Brown & Bigelow calendar, epitomizes the coquettish spirit of
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Gentlemen Prefer..." by Gil Elvgren
Located in New Orleans, LA
the 1963 Brown & Bigelow calendar, and is featured in Gil Elvgren: The Complete Pin-ups by Charles G
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Original 1930s Art Deco Pin-Up Style Advertising Poster: Kelly Springfield Tyres
By Knute O Munson
Located in London, GB
in Sweden but spent most of his life in the United States. From 1945-1949, he worked with Brown
Category
Vintage 1930s American Posters
Materials
Paper
H 22.05 in W 15.95 in D 0.04 in
Jeffrey Bigelow Lucite and Brass Console Table
By Jeffrey Bigelow
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Lucite and brass Jeffrey Bigelow console table. Brass and Lucite have been professionally
Category
Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Bigelow Kennard & Co of Boston Mantel Clock
By Bigelow Kennard & Co.
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Bigelow Kennard & Co of Boston mantel clock.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Mantel Clocks
1940s Lithograph of Pin Up Girl -- "The Enchantress" - Gift
By Rolf Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
later, he was the best selling calendar artist at Brown and Bigelow. In 1930, RCA hired him to paint pin
Category
1940s Realist Nude Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
H 12.5 in W 9.75 in D 0.75 in
Pin Up Girl with Red Hat, untitled, original pinup vintage poster
By Billy Devorss
Located in Spokane, WA
, the manager of Brown and Bigelow's Kansas City branch office, De Vorss soon received his first
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 20 in W 15.25 in D 0.05 in
Leading the Remuda
Located in San Francisco, CA
for Brown and Bigelow," Ryan said in 2002. "I damn near fell out of the chair. It was unbelievable
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Three Trees (original pencil drawing of southern landscape)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Omaha Steel
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Three Men Changing a Wheel
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Omaha Steel
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Old Chris (Portrait of a model who came to the Kansas City Art Institute in '41)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
with operations in the Midwest, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Lucite and Brass End Table by Jeffrey Bigelow
By Jeffrey Bigelow
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco inspired Lucite, brass and glass top end table designed by Jeffrey Bigelow.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Art Deco End Tables
Materials
Brass
Lucite and Brass Lamps Signed Jeffrey Bigelow, 1991
By Jeffrey Bigelow
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This amazing pair are by the acrylic master Jeffrey Bigelow, signed and dated 1991. Both lamps are
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
He Was Neither A Gentleman Nor A Sculler
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Gil Elvgren created this original oil on canvas for the 1948 Brown and Bigelow calendar line. The
Category
1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fisherman's Luck
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Earl Moran created this coquettish and sassy pin-up pastel for Brown and Bigelow's 1941 calendar
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
Fit To Be Tied - Preliminary Drawing
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a large preliminary charcoal drawing by Gil Elvgren, a study for the Brown & Bigelow pin-up
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Vellum, Graphite
Do You Think I "No" Too Much?
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A large preliminary rendering by Gil Elvgren of a work completed for Brown & Bigelow in 1948 with
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
garden (brown + ivory)
By Isabel Bigelow
Located in New York, NY
Current location: NYC
Materials
Monoprint
lilies (rose + brown)
By Isabel Bigelow
Located in New York, NY
Current location: Los Angeles, CA
Materials
Monoprint
The Doctor Said I Needed Glasses
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Earl Moran created this iconic published pin-up pastel for Brown and Bigelow's 1945 calendar line
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
Buell's Beauties - June 1961
By Alfred Leslie Buell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original gouache and ink Al Buell published pin up was painted in 1959 for the Brown & Bigelow
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
I'll Be Waiting
By Rolf Armstrong
Located in Minneapolis, MN
1942 for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company, and was published in subsequent calendar lines
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Pastel
Smooth
By Earl Steffa Moran
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A spectacular example of Earl Moran's early pin-up pastel illustration work, created for The Brown
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Pastel
Buell's Beauties - September 1961
By Alfred Leslie Buell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original gouache and ink Al Buell published pin up was painted in 1957 for the Brown & Bigelow
Category
1950s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, India Ink
I'll Say So
By Rolf Armstrong
Located in Minneapolis, MN
, created for the Brown & Bigelow calendar company and published under the title "I'll Say So" is one of the
Category
1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Pastel
Ruffled Feathers
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This endearing original 1967 oil on canvas painting by Gil Elvgren was created for the Brown &
Category
1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Call Again
By Earl Steffa Moran
Located in Minneapolis, MN
shadow effects. This is a superior and commanding Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company published example of
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil Pastel
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chrome & Plastic Rocket, Wheel & Flint Table Lighter
By Brown & Bigelow, Prince Japan
Located in Port Hope, ON
lighter itself. The US distributor of these lighters was the famed calendar/promotions company, Brown and
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Chrome
H 7.5 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
The Nude Marilyn Monroe II by Earl Moran for Playboy 1946 Edition 33 of 75
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, he sent some paintings of bikini-clad girls to two calendar companies; when both Brown and Bigelow
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Original 1930s Art Deco Pin-Up Style Advertising Poster: Kelly Springfield Tyres
By Knute O Munson
Located in London, GB
in Sweden but spent most of his life in the United States. From 1945-1949, he worked with Brown
Category
1930s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Cat Nap
By Bill Layne
Located in Minneapolis, MN
signed "Arnquist" a pseudonym which allowed the artist Bill Layne (who was under contract with Brown
Category
1960s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
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