Category: Illustrators

Rafael DeSoto covers on my new illustrator spotlight blog

Started a new blog on illustrators sometime ago but haven’t found time to do more posts :-). Hopefully this post makes up for the gap between posts. https://illustratorspotlight.blogspot.com/2020/01/rafael-desoto-art-teacher-illustrator.html

J.C. Leyendecker exhibition of illustrations

Wondering what to do as vacation time approaches? Go to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, of course, and find out what these two are looking at. A new exhibition at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Leyendecker and the Golden Age of American Illustration, includes 42 original paintings and 101 Saturday Evening Post covers from the… Continue reading J.C. Leyendecker exhibition of illustrations

Crazy Cows and Horrified Horses – The western art of George Harrison Wert

I like pulp covers, but i have to confess that most of the people portrayed on the covers had a total lack of expression comparable to the Great Stoneface, Buster Keaton himself. They could be dealing with a rogue elephant, a runaway stagecoach or a snarling man eating beast, and they would serenely confront them,… Continue reading Crazy Cows and Horrified Horses – The western art of George Harrison Wert

Artist Robert G. Harris – article in Arizona Highways

From 1934-37, Robert G. Harris painted more than 70 covers for pulp magazines. Almost two-thirds of those were for Street and Smith’s Wild West Weekly, and a few more western covers for the Thrilling magazine group. David Saunders’ Pulp Artists site has a nice biographical article on him here. This article by Amy Abrams about… Continue reading Artist Robert G. Harris – article in Arizona Highways

John Philip Falter – biographical article about the artist

John Philip Falter was a fine artist who did a few covers for the pulps, all western themed. He is better known for having done more than 100 covers for the Saturday Evening Post between 1943 and 1971. His pulp covers (images taken from the FictionMags Index): Western Story Magazine, November 7, 1931 cover by… Continue reading John Philip Falter – biographical article about the artist

Five Stahr covers

On his birthday, a few of the artist Paul Stahr‘s cover paintings for Argosy.  High resolution photos made from multiple photos taken by me (click on the pictures to view in their full glory), the odd angles are to avoid reflections as much as possible. All paintings except the last one are from the astonishing collection… Continue reading Five Stahr covers

Gayle Hoskins – prints from “A Cowboy’s Day” series of covers

[On the occasion of the artist’s birthday] The artist Gayle Hoskins did many covers for Western Story Magazine, starting in 1929. One of the few positive things to emerge from the Great Depression was that many excellent cover artists were forced to do illustrations for pulp magazines as their incomes dropped. This led to improved… Continue reading Gayle Hoskins – prints from “A Cowboy’s Day” series of covers

Beautiful covers #3 – N.C Wyeth in the Popular Magazine

One of N.C. Wyeth’s cover paintings for The Popular Magazine is up for sale. Root around the sofa cushions, you’ll need your spare change for this one – estimated sale price is from $100,000 – $150,000. You won’t be getting Wyeth’s signature on this one, though, it’s signed Pearson Barnes; the explanation from the catalog… Continue reading Beautiful covers #3 – N.C Wyeth in the Popular Magazine

Gloria Stoll Karn talks on video

Gloria Stoll Karn painted covers for Black Mask, Rangeland Romances, Detective Tales and Dime Mystery. This video was made as part of a recent exhibition of her work; she talks about how she got into pulp illustration. Worth watching.