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Street Violinist Figurative
Street Violinist Figurative

Street Violinist Figurative

Located in Soquel, CA

illustrations for Street & Smith's western pulp magazines. In 1932 he began to sell freelance cover paintings to

Category

1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pleading with the Umpire"
"Pleading with the Umpire"

"Pleading with the Umpire"

By Gayle Porter Hoskins

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Bazaar until he transitioned into Pulp magazines following the stock market crash. Later in his career he

Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rajah of Sarawak -  Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine
Rajah of Sarawak -  Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine

Rajah of Sarawak - Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine

By Mort Künstler

Located in Miami, FL

Male illustration Illustration - Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB (29 April 1803[1] – 11 June 1868), was a British adventurer whose exploits in the Malay Archipelago made him...

Category

1950s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Formal Affair
Formal Affair

Formal Affair

By Tom Lovell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

western, and nature to family affairs. His first illustrations were created for pulp magazines when he

Category

1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boy Astronaut
Boy Astronaut

Boy Astronaut

By John Howitt

Located in Milford, NH

America, painting landscapes. He also became well known for his painting of pulp magazine covers, working

Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Secret Project
Secret Project

Secret Project

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

illustrations for the Pulp magazines. He illustrated his first major manuscript for The Country Gentleman in

Category

1940s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Surreal Road, Monument Valley,  Sci-fi Photography,  Science Fiction
Surreal Road, Monument Valley,  Sci-fi Photography,  Science Fiction

Surreal Road, Monument Valley, Sci-fi Photography, Science Fiction

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

- 1940’s saw the imaginative but crudely drawn pulp magazine gouaches of Frank R Paul. Virgil Finlay

Category

1970s Surrealist Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Three Oval Glows

Three Oval Glows

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

- 1940’s saw the imaginative but crudely drawn pulp magazine gouaches of Frank R Paul. Virgil Finlay

Category

1970s Surrealist Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled (Couple with Seascape)
Untitled (Couple with Seascape)

Untitled (Couple with Seascape)

By Peter Stevens

Located in Cliffside Park, NJ

freelance pulp covers to Popular Publication's magazine Argosy. It is remarkable that at that same time, his

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board

TRUTH
TRUTH

TRUTH

By Greg Miller

Located in Santa Monica, CA

with poignant slices of Americana. Nostalgic nods to ubiquitous tropes, such as billboards, pulp

Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Magazine Paper

A Schooner off of the Coast
A Schooner off of the Coast

A Schooner off of the Coast

By Gordon Grant

Located in Wiscasett, ME

work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective magazine in the 1930s. Skilled with watercolor, Grant

Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bathing Group
Bathing Group

Bathing Group

By John Edward Costigan

Located in Sheffield, MA

briefly to illustrating, mainly for Bluebook, a men’s pulp adventure magazine. A gradual revival of

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Secret Pattern I
Secret Pattern I

Secret Pattern I

By Ken Polinskie

Located in Surfside, FL

Gallery Hand Papermaking Magazine “Art of Pulp Painting” edition portfolio, 1 of 17

Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Hospital Visit
Hospital Visit

Hospital Visit

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

the time, he got his first freelance illustration assignments from the pulp fiction world, doing

Category

1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Bathing Group
Bathing Group

Bathing Group

By John Edward Costigan

Located in Sheffield, MA

briefly to illustrating, mainly for Bluebook, a men’s pulp adventure magazine. A gradual revival of

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Man Leading Horse
Man Leading Horse

Man Leading Horse

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

pulp fiction world, doing inside magazine illustrations for Street & Smith Publications in New York. In

Category

1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Hunters
Hunters

Hunters

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

many illustrators of the time, he got his first freelance illustration assignments from the pulp

Category

1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Work and Play
Work and Play

Gordon GrantWork and Play

Price Upon Request

Work and Play

By Gordon Grant

Located in Missouri, MO

, beaches and marines, and was an illustrator, whose work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective

Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Bathers
Bathers

Bathers

By John Edward Costigan

Located in Sheffield, MA

briefly to illustrating, mainly for Bluebook, a men’s pulp adventure magazine. A gradual revival of

Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Woman and Child
Woman and Child

Woman and Child

By John Edward Costigan

Located in Sheffield, MA

briefly to illustrating, mainly for Bluebook, a men’s pulp adventure magazine. A gradual revival of

Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Skating
Skating

John DrewSkating, 1920s

Unavailable|$7,000

Skating

By John Drew

Located in Minneapolis, MN

to Street & Smith's pulp magazine Sea Stories. By 1928 he was selling interior illustrations and

Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Rabbis
The Rabbis

The Rabbis

By Samuel George Cahan

Located in Los Angeles, CA

1930s his drawings appeared as chapter headings in the pulp magazine Argosy. In 1936 he visited France

Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

untitled
untitled

Gordon Grantuntitled

Unavailable|$3,500

untitled

By Gordon Grant

Located in Coral Gables, FL

illustrator, whose work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective magazine in the 1930s. Skilled with

Category

Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

untitled
untitled

Gordon Grantuntitled

Unavailable|$3,500

untitled

By Gordon Grant

Located in Coral Gables, FL

illustrator, whose work included pulp fiction* for Popular Detective magazine in the 1930s. Skilled with

Category

Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Pulp Illustration

Pulp Illustration

By H.W. Kiemle

Located in Fort Washington, PA

of the pulp magazine Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine. Over the next ten years his

Category

20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Path to Plunder
The Path to Plunder

The Path to Plunder

By Sidney Harry Riesenberg

Located in Fort Washington, PA

to Plunder, Western Story pulp magazine cover, March 17, 1928

Category

1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Big Catch, Outdoor Life Magazine Cover

Big Catch, Outdoor Life Magazine Cover

By Charles Dye

Located in Fort Washington, PA

assignments were interior story illustrations for the western pulp magazines published by Popular Publications

Category

1950s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Art Deco Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover
Art Deco Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover

Art Deco Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover

By Peter Driben

Located in Miami, FL

Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover signed lower left foxing and toning throughout oil and mixed

Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Mixed Media, Board

"Landscape"
"Landscape"

"Landscape"

By Paul Frederick Berdanier

Located in Southampton, NY

advertising artist in the 1920’s and illustrated pulp magazine in the 1930’s. Berdanier worked on various

Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Explorer oil on canvas by Ed DeLavy
The Explorer oil on canvas by Ed DeLavy

The Explorer oil on canvas by Ed DeLavy

Located in Paonia, CO

variety of of pulp magazines such as Detective Novel, Exciting Western. Five-Novels,Giant Western,The

Category

20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Watchers, Dakota Indians
The Watchers, Dakota Indians

The Watchers, Dakota Indians

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

compositions required of pulp magazine illustrations. His paintings often have more stable (even static

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Traffic Jam Saturday Evening Post cover, April 28, 1956
Traffic Jam Saturday Evening Post cover, April 28, 1956

Traffic Jam Saturday Evening Post cover, April 28, 1956

By Earl Mayan

Located in New Orleans, LA

sometimes bring. With a career that spanned the era of pulp magazines to the post-WWII years, Earl Mayan's

Category

Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Woman in Cubist Interior

Woman in Cubist Interior

By Alfred McNamara

Located in Los Angeles, CA

pulp magazines of the pre-war period. During World War II, he served in the United States Air Force for

Category

1940s Cubist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Tax Forms Blues
Tax Forms Blues

Tax Forms Blues

By Charles Dye

Located in Fort Washington, PA

illustrations for the western pulp magazines published by Popular Publications. He later sold pulp covers to

Category

Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Real Magazine Black Sox Sports Story Illustration

Real Magazine Black Sox Sports Story Illustration

By Norman Saunders

Located in Fort Washington, PA

celebrated illustrator Norm Saunders' most notable creations are his many lurid painted covers for pulp and

Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Poor Little Chorus Girl Shifting For Herself
Poor Little Chorus Girl Shifting For Herself

Poor Little Chorus Girl Shifting For Herself

By Carl Reed

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

signed his work with block letters "CARL REED." His work also appeared on other pulp magazines

Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil

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