Kurt Ard Paintings

The original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, In The Dentist’s Chair, published on October 19, 1957, embodies Ard’s characteristic wit and attention to detail. The young man, still wearing a toy pistol in a holster, seems to have been torn from playing a cowboy with his friends. Having just completed his x-rays, which hang on the wall behind him, the boy awaits the arrival of the dentist to determine his fate. Interestingly, the Post editors empathize with the dentist rather than the patient. The Post describes: “Dentists are to be pitied. How would you like to be greeted by horrified faces like this from morn till night throughout your professional career? Dentists are kindly, humane souls who love their fellowmen, minister constructively to their grinders, and seldom hurt the faint-hearts much while doing it–yet their only reward, besides a fee, is those eternal faces, staring, staring upward as if at an ogre. Next time you go to a D.D.S., smile at him; and if he doesn’t faint, maybe he’ll pull a couple of your teeth for nothing. Kurt Ard...

Salvekvick Bandages Advertisement. Little boy dressed in a Native American headdress and facepaint holding a tomahawk as his mother applies a bandage to his shoulder Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

A dog sleeps in a bed as a little boy sleeps next to the dog on the floor This piece was first illustrated on the cover of the 1971 issue of Panorama magazine and then featured in Allers Magazine, 1973. The illustration features a young boy sleeping on the ground next to an empty dog bed. The beagle dog has taken over the little boy's bed. Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

A fashionable woman gazes into a mirror and fixes her hair as a young man stares at the bill in shock after a lavish meal at a restaurant. Illustrated on the cover of the February 21, 1959 edition of Panorama as well as HÖRZU, 1958, cover illustration. Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

The illustration features an older woman shooting a water gun into a little boy's face as two other little boys lay in the grass beside them. Story illustration for "Adios, Miss Em" by J.H. Giles, published in McCalls, February 1958 The full caption reads: "As the summer wore on, she became accustomed to all their whimsical pretend games and learned to take part in them." Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

This illustration for an unidentified publication features a young boy dressed as a Native American as he plays the violin. Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard wa...

The illustration shows a woman sitting in a chair next to a man lying on a sofa. The scene of the couple's living room is shown from above Published as an illustration for Steve McN...

The illustration features a car salesman trying to talk a man into buying a very small red car whose license plate reads "Pikkolo" This piece was featured as the cover illustration of both HÖRZU and Panorama in 1959. Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

This piece was illustrated on the cover of four magazines: the May 28, 1957 issue of the Familie Journal, the May 1957 issue of Allers, the August 10, 1957 issue of HÖRZU, and the October 25, 1958 issue of Panorama. This illustration featuring two little girls side-by-side, both on the telephone, shows how much has changed between 1907 and 1957. Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

The illustration shows a young bride and groom at their wedding table above an older couple sitting down for a nice formal dinner. Probable Family Herald Magazine Illustration, May 1957 Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

This piece was illustrated on the cover of the June 21, 1960 issue of the Familie Journal and on the cover of the July 30, 1960 issue of HÖRZU. A little boy lays on the grass holding comics and looking up at his father, whose hand is on a manual lawn mower Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

A panicked little boy looks at his watch in alarm as his father tries to fix the broken television while the mother and daughter look on. HÖRZU, May 16, 1959, cover illustration. Panorama, November 14, 1959, cover illustration. Familie Journal, February 9, 1960, cover illustration. Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

Published as an illustration for John F. Wallace’s short story “Love Wasn’t Enough,” in the June 22, 1957 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The illustration features a man kissing the loved hand of a fashionably dressed woman standing on a city street. Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

The illustration features a young boy driving a small red car with the license plate "1958" by an older man trying to fix up his older broken down car, whose license plate reads "1957" This piece was illustrated on the cover of the December 27, 1955 issue of the Familie Journal and published again in the December 19, 1957 issue of Radio TV Gids. Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...