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Artist: Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Boy with Molotov Cocktail, Russia Invades Germany - Like Norman Rockwell
By Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Located in Miami, FL
This work sells itself. Just look at it and an elaborate explanation is not required. There is virtually no one alive who can paint a picture like Crockwell. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Signed lower left
Provenance: National Museum of American Illustration , Newport, Rhode Island
Crockwell gives us a complex and inventive composition by showing two wonderful portaits in the foreground and beyond a broken wall...
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1940s American Realist Spencer Douglass Crockwell Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Father and Son, Women's Day Magazine Cover, January 1945
By Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Father and Son, Women's Day Magazine Cover, January 1945
The illustrations of Douglas Crockwell were often simply signed “Douglass” to avoid confusion with the signature of Norman Rockwell, particularly since their work was being published on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post during the same period. Necessary too, because Crockwell also worked very realistically, and like Rockwell, was particularly good with children.
Their backgrounds, however, were entirely different. Crockwell was born in Chicago, Ohio, and took his degree in Science at Washington University, followed by study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He received his first commission for a cover for The Saturday Evening Post in 1933, and this was followed by many more, as well as work for other periodicals and a long list of national advertisers.
During the ‘thirties, he also completed Post Office murals in Vermont, New York State and Mississippi, and began to work on experimental animated films. The films, and inventing a “pan-stereo” viewing...
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1940s Other Art Style Spencer Douglass Crockwell Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Family Gathering, Beer Belongs Advertisment
By Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Beer Belongs advertisement.
The illustrations of Douglas Crockwell were often simply signed “Douglass” to avoid confusion with the signature of Norman Rockwell, particularly since their work was being published on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post during the same period. Necessary too, because Crockwell also worked very realistically, and like Rockwell, was particularly good with children.
Their backgrounds, however, were entirely different. Crockwell was born in Chicago, Ohio, and took his degree in Science at Washington University, followed by study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He received his first commission for a cover for The Saturday Evening Post in 1933, and this was followed by many more, as well as work for other periodicals and a long list of national advertisers.
During the ‘thirties, he also completed Post Office murals in Vermont, New York State and Mississippi, and began to work on experimental animated films. The films, and inventing a “pan-stereo” viewing...
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20th Century Other Art Style Spencer Douglass Crockwell Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Red & White Food Stores Calendar Illustration
By Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Lower Left
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20th Century Spencer Douglass Crockwell Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After a Day on the Slopes, Beer Advertisement
By Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Following World War II, the United States Brewers Foundation (USBF) wanted beer to be seen in a more positive light, as an integral part of the American...
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1950s Spencer Douglass Crockwell Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Grand Mother and Grand Son Read Emotional Letter
By Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Located in Miami, FL
Crockwell is as good as Rockwell. Many would agree with that statement including the editors of the Saturday Evening Post in which both artists were frequent contributors. In fact, ...
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1950s American Realist Spencer Douglass Crockwell Figurative Paintings
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Three Boys, Woman's Day Magazine Cover
By Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Three young boys talking. One of the boys is playing with a military jacket on the chair.
Signed lower center.
The illustrations of Douglas Crockwell were often simply signed “Douglass” to avoid confusion with the signature of Norman Rockwell, particularly since their work was being published on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post during the same period. Necessary too, because Crockwell also worked very realistically, and like Rockwell, was particularly good with children.
Their backgrounds, however, were entirely different. Crockwell was born in Chicago, Ohio, and took his degree in Science at Washington University, followed by study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He received his first commission for a cover for The Saturday Evening Post in 1933, and this was followed by many more, as well as work for other periodicals and a long list of national advertisers.
During the ‘thirties, he also completed Post Office murals in Vermont, New York State and Mississippi, and began to work on experimental animated films. The films, and inventing a “pan-stereo” viewing...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Spencer Douglass Crockwell Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
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Hanging Upside Down, Saturday Evening Post Cover
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Located in Fort Washington, PA
Saturday Evening Post Cover, April 20th 1940
Young boy hanging upside down.
Signed lower left.
The illustrations of Douglas Crockwell were often simply signed “Douglass” to avoid confusion with the signature of Norman Rockwell, particularly since their work was being published on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post during the same period. Necessary too, because Crockwell also worked very realistically, and like Rockwell, was particularly good with children.
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