“A storyteller with a brush, a custodian of the past” is how illustrator Tom Lovell once described himself. Lovell is regarded as one of the 20th century’s leading Western artists, with his work including figurative paintings of important historical events, portraits of homespun American life and thought-provoking illustrations for publications such as Life, National Geographic and The Saturday Evening Post.
Born in 1909 in New York City, Lovell spent his childhood in Nutley, New Jersey, where he developed a keen interest in art and Native American culture. He often visited New York’s American Museum of Natural History, where he would sketch Native American clothing, weapons and artifacts.
Lovell studied art at Syracuse University, where he roomed with future well-known illustrator Harry Anderson. While there, he began his illustration career by selling his work to pulp magazines. Later, he illustrated for publications such as The American, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Home Companion.
During World War II, Lovell enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve and created illustrations for the Marine Corps’s Leatherneck magazine and the Marine Corps Gazette. He also completed several large paintings chronicling historical military events; they are now displayed at the Marine Corps headquarters in Washington, DC.
After the war, Lovell continued illustrating for magazines like Collier’s, Redbook, Ladies’ Home Journal and McCall’s, which featured “Day of Yellow Flowers,” one of his better-known illustrations. He contributed a series of historical works, including his famous Civil War painting “Surrender at Appomattox,” to National Geographic.
Throughout the 1960s, he was increasingly fascinated with the American Southwest. In 1975, Lovell and his family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he found inspiration for his landscapes that depict Native American and Old West culture.
Lovell received numerous accolades throughout his career. In 1974, the Society of Illustrators named him a Hall of Fame Laureate. In 1992, the National Academy of Western Art and National Cowboy Museum honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Lovell is the only artist to have won the National Cowboy Museum’s invitational Prix de West exhibition twice.
Lovell died in 1997. His illustrations and paintings continue to be prized by Western art and Americana collectors.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of Tom Lovell’s paintings.
"You love my island already” Story illustration for Woman’s Home Companion
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original magazine story illustration for “A Summer to Remember” by Marjorie Marks for Woman’s Home Companion, published January 1948, pages 20-21. The full caption reads: “‘You love ...
Canvas, Oil
Penobscot Bay Expedition
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Tom Lovell was well known for his thought provoking illustrations for Life magazine, The Saturday Evening Post and National Geographic. He was the first artist to win the National Academy of Western Art's highest honor, the Prix de West, twice. This lot was painted circa 1960 just before he was commissioned to paint a series of Civil War battle...
Oil, Board
$11,153
H 61.03 in W 43.31 in D 0.79 in
Ice Skating- 21st Century Contemporary Winter Landscape with Ice Scater
By Nikita Mogilevtsev
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made byNikita Mogilevtsev. Nikita Mogilevtsev, born and raised in a very artistic family in St Petersburg has a special style of his own. With his mother and father both as prominent artists, it was almost impossible for him to follow in his footsteps. (When we met him at gallery Bonnard...
Canvas, Oil
$1,150
H 12 in W 16 in D 1 in
Antique American Pastoral Hudson River Painting Farm Oxen 1890 19th Century Rare
Located in Buffalo, NY
A 19th century American landscape depicting a pastoral valley framed by autumnal trees, with distant mountains rising softly along the horizon. A river winds through the foreground, ...
Oil, Board
$1,800
H 19.69 in W 23.63 in D 1.58 in
Russian Contemporary Art by Yuriy Demiyanov - Hay House
By Yuriy Demiyanov
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Canvas, Oil
"Finca Naranja" Oil Painting
By Daud Akhriev
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Finca Naranja" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a sunny ledge with blooming glowers with a blue pool in the background. Artist ...
Oil, Board
$2,160
H 13.78 in W 17.72 in D 1.58 in
Russian Contemporary Art by Yuriy Demiyanov - Winter
By Yuriy Demiyanov
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Canvas, Oil
$1,980
H 15.75 in W 19.69 in D 1.58 in
Russian Contemporary Art by Yuriy Demiyanov - Christmas Trees
By Yuriy Demiyanov
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Canvas, Oil
$6,692
H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 1.97 in
Summer - 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Painting of a Landscape
By Frank Dekkers
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frank Dekkers Summer 100 x 120 cm oil on canvas framed in a wooden grey frame as seen on picture, it measures 104 x 124 cm Frame is included in price On the pictures we also show you the artist receiving the flowers on our opening of this exhibition september 3th 2023 in our gallery. On the wall you can see the painting behind. Just to give you an idea of size, colors and sphere. About the artist: Frank Dekkers, an outdoor painter, but not a "square painter" as we know him. His studio is located "everywhere", or at least outside where this artist is inspired by the landscape. A special way of summarizing leads in his paintings to a very strong and simplified image. These works invite you to walk into the landscape and to keep looking. A book has been published about Frank Dekkers, which is included when purchasing a painting...
Oil, Canvas
"Unloading Truck" Oil Painting
By David Shingler
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler's (NC based) "Unloading Truck" is an oil painting that depicts a industrial scene of a construction worker standing with a full loading truck Bio/artist statement: ...
Oil, Board
$9,099
H 55.12 in W 78.75 in D 1.97 in
September Sun - 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Landscape Painting
By Frank Dekkers
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frank Dekkers September Sun 140 x 200 cm oil on canvas On the pictures we also show you the artist receiving the flowers on our opening of this exhibition september 3th 2023 in our gallery. We show these pictures to give you an idea of the size and sphere of the painting, the gallery and the artist. About the artist: Frank Dekkers, an outdoor painter, but not a "square painter" as we know him. His studio is located "everywhere", or at least outside where this artist is inspired by the landscape. A special way of summarizing leads in his paintings to a very strong and simplified image. These works invite you to walk into the landscape and to keep looking. A book has been published about Frank Dekkers, which is included when purchasing a painting...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$4,600
H 36 in W 48 in
"Light Warms the Cold" by Stephen Day, Original Colorado Landscape Painting
By Stephen Day
Located in Denver, CO
"Light Warms the Cold" by Stephen Day is an original oil painting depicting evergreen and aspen trees on a spring morning, resting across the ridge of a mountainside river stream. St...
Oil, Board
$4,700
H 51.58 in W 77.17 in D 1.58 in
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Les Marais de Blanchelande
By Franck Bailleul
Located in Paris, IDF
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France. He has exhibited nationally as well as in the United States and China. His works e...
Oil, Canvas
$2,500
H 12 in W 9 in
"Mountain Waters, Romans 1:11-12" (2025) Original Oil Painting, River Scene
By Thomas Kegler
Located in Denver, CO
"Mountain Waters, Romans 1:11-12" (2025) by Thomas Kegler is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a mountain river with serene waters. About the artist: Thomas Kegler’s ...
Oil, Board