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Ellene Politis and Norman Saunders married in 1947. Here they posed together to create reference for a 1953 Western cover painting. Norman Blaine Saunders (January 1, 1907– March 7, 1989) was a prolific commercial artist who produced paintings for pulp magazines , paperbacks, men's adventure magazines, comic books and trading cards . On occasion, he signed his work with his middle name, Blaine . [ 1 ] Saunders' career was launched when his contributions to Captain Billy's Whiz Bang resulted in a job with Fawcett Publications , where he was employed from 1928 to 1934. He explained in 1983 the events that led to his arrival at Fawcett's offices in Robbinsdale , Minnesota :
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By David Saunders Norman Blaine Saunders was born January 1, 1907 in the northern wilderness of Minnesota. His 35 year-old father, Clare, was a war veteran and his 18 year-old mother, Elvira, was one quarter Iroquois Indian. After graduating high school, Norm was trained in art by correspondence courses with The Federal Schools Inc. of Minneapolis. Along with his diploma in 1927, Norm also received a scholarship to the Chicago Art Institute, which he soon forfeited when offered a full-time job on the art staff at Fawcett Publications in Robbinsdale, MN.
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Reynold Brown: A Life in Pictures
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Reynold Brown Movie Poster Art
Reynold Brown produced somewhere between 250 and 275 movie posters between 1951 and 1970. He is well known for this work. He also did many other works of art with numerous magazine illustrations as well as fine art pieces for the gallery art market.
Ads for Mobil Oil and during WW2, North American Aviation. Illustrated Argosy, Popular Science, Saturday Evening Post, Boy's Life, Outdoor Life, Popular Aviation, Flying Magazine, and paperback covers (Ox-Bow Incident, Perry Mason). Took over the Tailspin Tommy comicstrip from Hal Foster and Glenn Chaffin. Movie posters for How the West Was Won, Thunder Bay, The Alamo, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, King of Kings, Man of a Thousand Faces, Shenandoah, Mutiny on the Bounty, Ben Hur, Spartacus.
Reynold Brown
Reynold Brown (b. William Reynold Brown in Los Angeles in 1917 - d. 1991) was a prolific American realist artist who drew many Hollywood film posters . He attended Alhambra High School and refined his drawing under his teacher Lester Bonar . A talented artist, Brown met Hal Forrest , who hired him to ghost draw the comic strip Tailspin Tommy from 1936-1937. [ 1 ] Norman Rockwell 's sister was a teacher at Alhambra High, and Brown later met Rockwell who advised him to leave cartooning if he wanted to be an illustrator. [ 1 ] The talented Brown soon won a scholarship to the Otis Art Institute . During World War II he worked as an artist at North American Aviation where he met his wife, fellow artist Mary Louise Tejeda . Following the war Brown drew numerous advertisements and illustrations for magazines such as Argosy , Popular Science , Saturday Evening Post , Boy's Life , Outdoor Life , and Popular Aviation .
Reynold Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
INCREASING MACULAR degeneration. James Avati speaks the phrase carefully, pronouncing the name of his recent diagnosis--"Increasing. Macular. Degeneration"--as if each word were a separate and undeniable fact, just as his deteriorating eyesight--the macula is the part of the eye that distinguishes fine detail at the center of our field of vision--is undeniably a fact. His tone of voice, however (one might call it cordial annoyance), reveals none of the gloom or self-pity one might expect from a renowned artist whose vision is in decline. James Avati, known as "the King of the Paperbacks" for his pioneering cover illustrations in the '40s and '50s, and internationally lauded as one of America's greatest artistic treasures, is too philosophical--and still too full of plans--to waste time feeling sorry for himself.
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James Avati - King of the Paperback Book Cover Artists
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James Avati (December 14, 1912, Bloomfield , NJ – February 27, 2005, Petaluma , CA ) was an American illustrator and paperback cover artist. His father was a professional photographer in New York City. His mother died shortly after Jim's birth. He was raised by his aunt (mother's sister) and eventually, his father married her.
