Benjamin Stahl Art

Moving portrait of an emotionally charged moment. The sense of despair on the man's face is vivid as he gets support from his dog. Saturday Evening Post interior illustration. Fro...

Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1910, artist, illustrator and author Benjamin Stahl studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and taught at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, American Academy of Art, Art Students League of New York, Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute and various universities. Stahl was a founding faculty member of the Famous Artists School in Westport, CT. Stahl exhibited his paintings in galleries throughout the country and in the Carnegie Museum of Art. His paintings and illustrations appeared in a variety of publications including American Artist, The Chicago Tribune Magazine, Esquire, Women’s Home Companion, Cosmopolitan and in nearly 750 issues of The Saturday Evening Post. Stahl’s commissions included the depiction of the fourteen Stations of the Cross for the Catholic Bible...

"I shall be ready to leave in ten minutes," he said. "Will you come with me as far as Smallbridge?" Story illustration: “Lord Hornblower”, author: C. S. Forester, Saturday Evening Post, May 18, 1946, page 9 Woman laying on the couch in long yellow gown. Painter, author, illustrator, and lecturer, Ben Stahl (1910-1987) Painter, author, illustrator, and lecturer, Ben Stahl (1910-1987) won a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago at age 12. At 16, Stahl had work accepted for the International Watercolor Show at the Art Institute. Stahl won more than 25 medals including the Saltus Gold Medal from the National Academy of Design, Audubon Society's Siver Medal and was inducted into the Illustrators Hall of Fame in New York. Stahl illustrated more than 750 stories for the Saturday Evening Post and illustrated and/or wrote several books. He regularly illustrated for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire. He also illustrated national advertising campaigns for such corporations as John Hancock, Bell Air Cobra, International Silver, Coca Cola, Packard Motorcars, etc and won over 25 major art director awards. In 1951, Stahl was commissioned to paint "The 14 Stations of the Cross" for a special edition Bible published in 1952 by the Catholic Press of Chicago. For this assignment Stahl spent over three months in Jerusalem making preliminary sketches and conducted extensive research before beginning the paintings. These 45"x34" oils on canvas became part of the collection of the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale. Stahl was co-founder of the largest school in the world, the Famous Artists School, which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Offices were located in Westport, CT, Amsterdam, Chicago, London, Tokyo, Toronto and Washington DC. It grew to offer classes in photography, writing, cartooning, and reading. Founding and guiding faculty includes such names as: Norman Rockwell, Rod Serling, Al Capp...

Goodbye Little Yellow Bird, Saturday Evening post illustration Painter, author, illustrator, and lecturer, Ben Stahl (1910-1987) Painter, author, illustrator, and lecturer, Ben Stahl (1910-1987) won a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago at age 12. At 16, Stahl had work accepted for the International Watercolor Show at the Art Institute. Stahl won more than 25 medals including the Saltus Gold Medal from the National Academy of Design, Audubon Society's Siver Medal and was inducted into the Illustrators Hall of Fame in New York. Stahl illustrated more than 750 stories for the Saturday Evening Post and illustrated and/or wrote several books. He regularly illustrated for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire. He also illustrated national advertising campaigns for such corporations as John Hancock, Bell Air Cobra, International Silver, Coca Cola, Packard Motorcars, etc and won over 25 major art director awards. In 1951, Stahl was commissioned to paint "The 14 Stations of the Cross" for a special edition Bible published in 1952 by the Catholic Press of Chicago. For this assignment Stahl spent over three months in Jerusalem making preliminary sketches and conducted extensive research before beginning the paintings. These 45"x34" oils on canvas became part of the collection of the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale. Stahl was co-founder of the largest school in the world, the Famous Artists School, which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Offices were located in Westport, CT, Amsterdam, Chicago, London, Tokyo, Toronto and Washington DC. It grew to offer classes in photography, writing, cartooning, and reading. Founding and guiding faculty includes such names as: Norman Rockwell, Rod Serling, Al Capp...