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Dean Cornwell Landscape Paintings

American, 1892-1960

Dean Cornwell was an American illustrator and muralist born on March 5, 1892, in Louisville. Dean Cornwell was Normam Rockwell's favorite Illustrator. At the peak of his popularity he was nicknamed the ‘Dean of Illustrators’. He was a student of Harvey Dunn and he in turn taught artists and developed talents for a generation. Cornwell's paintings were in Cosmopolitan, Redbook, True, The American Weekly, Life and Good Housekeeping. He has done book arts for The Man of Galilee and others. Cornwell has also taken up advertisement contracts for GM, Eastern, Pennsylvania Railroad, Paul Jones Whiskey, Aunt Jemima, Seagram's Gin, Woodbury Soap, Palmolive, Coke, Goodyear, New York Life and Squibb. Cornwell was an icon of the ‘Golden Age of Illustration’. Cornwell died on December 4, 1960, in New York.

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Artist: Dean Cornwell
River Boat, The New World
River Boat, The New World

River Boat, The New World

By Dean Cornwell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left

Category

20th Century Dean Cornwell Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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