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Artist: Amos Sewell
Morning Coffee Break, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1959
Morning Coffee Break, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1959

Morning Coffee Break, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1959

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 27.00" x 23.75;" Framed 34.50" x 37.50" Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, September 12, 1959. ...

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1950s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

“I won’t let you take our Katie away!” Illustration for River Singer
“I won’t let you take our Katie away!” Illustration for River Singer

“I won’t let you take our Katie away!” Illustration for River Singer

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Illustration for third and final installment of "River Singer" by Pete Martin for The Saturday Evening Post, published August 30, 1947, page 26. The full caption reads: “Katie’s br...

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1940s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

The Audience, Saturday Evening Post Cover
The Audience, Saturday Evening Post Cover

The Audience, Saturday Evening Post Cover

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, July 28, 1956. The Post described, “The cows don't realize it is rude t...

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1950s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Let's Go Fishing, Original Cover Painting for The Saturday Evening Post
Let's Go Fishing, Original Cover Painting for The Saturday Evening Post

Let's Go Fishing, Original Cover Painting for The Saturday Evening Post

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, published August 25-September 1, 1962. A little boy eager to go fishing sits watching his father sleep away the morning. ...

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1960s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Board, Mixed Media

The Hatchet  - Movie Moment of High Drama
The Hatchet  - Movie Moment of High Drama

The Hatchet - Movie Moment of High Drama

By Amos Sewell

Located in Miami, FL

High drama and fear is exressed on the faces of 5 kids as they anticipate the outcome a scary event. Signed lower left From the Estate of Charles Martignette. Most likey for the Sa...

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1950s American Realist Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil

YMCA Camping Trip
YMCA Camping Trip

YMCA Camping Trip

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 23.00" x 19.50;" Framed 32.00" x 28.00"

Category

20th Century Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Gouache, Board

The Confrontation, Story Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post, 1940
The Confrontation, Story Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post, 1940

The Confrontation, Story Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post, 1940

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

An illustration depicting a circa late 19th century woman confronting a child, whose holster and gun are lying at his feet. Story illustration for "Pony-Express Boy" by M.G. Chute f...

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1940s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Tricking Trick-or-Treaters, Halloween Cover for The Saturday Evening Post
Tricking Trick-or-Treaters, Halloween Cover for The Saturday Evening Post

Tricking Trick-or-Treaters, Halloween Cover for The Saturday Evening Post

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1951 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 25.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Original Halloween cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, November, 3, 1951. A ...

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1950s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Remembered Anger, " Story Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post

"Remembered Anger, " Story Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Story featured in The Saturday Evening Post, 1945 “Remembered Anger” by Martha Albrand Story illustration: Man in showgirl's dres...

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1940s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Secret Project
Secret Project

Secret Project

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Magazine Story Illustration Signed lower left Amos Sewell had a special empathy for children and also particularly enjoyed depicting homespun, rural subjects. These special gifts were ideally combined in the illustrations he made for a series of stories about Babe, Little Joe, Big Joe, and Uncle Pete by R. Ross Annett that ran for over twenty years in The Saturday Evening Post. Sewell was born in San Francisco and studied nights at the California School of Fine Arts, working days in a bank. After some years of this, he decided to try his luck as an illustrator in the East. To get there, he shipped out as a working hand on a lumber boat going by way of the Panama Canal. In New York, he studied at the Art Students League and at the Grand Central School of Art. Among his teachers were Guy Pene DuBois, Julian Levi...

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1940s Other Art Style Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Parent- Teacher Conference, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Parent- Teacher Conference, Saturday Evening Post Cover

Parent- Teacher Conference, Saturday Evening Post Cover

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 26.00" x 24.00", Framed 32.00" x 20.00" Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, December 12, 1959. T...

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1950s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Hunters
Hunters

Hunters

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1943 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 17.50" x 25.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Born in San Francisco, Amos Sewell was a ranking California tennis player in his 20s wh...

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1940s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"Child of the Terror" Saturday Evening Post Illustration, February 1, 1941
"Child of the Terror" Saturday Evening Post Illustration, February 1, 1941

"Child of the Terror" Saturday Evening Post Illustration, February 1, 1941

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Story illustration for "Child of the Terror" by Helen Fawley for The Saturday Evening Post, published February 1, 1941, page 17. The full caption reads: "'So happy to be German once...

Category

Mid-20th Century Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Charcoal

Man Leading Horse
Man Leading Horse

Man Leading Horse

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1945 Medium: Gouache Dimensions: 23.50" x 35.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Story illustration, older man leading horse, concerned kids. "Don't sell him, Uncle Pete' Ba...

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1940s Amos Sewell Art

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Gouache

Boy at Carnival
Boy at Carnival

Boy at Carnival

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Featured in the Saturday Evening Post.

Category

20th Century Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

The Well Meaning Kidnapper
The Well Meaning Kidnapper

The Well Meaning Kidnapper

By Amos Sewell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Story illustration for "The Well-Meaning Kidnapper" by Logan Carrol, published in The Saturday Evening Post, February 3, 1951, page 24. The full caption reads: "'Don't you know kidn...

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1950s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

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