Born in Chicago, Stanley Ekman studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he exhibited in 1944. He began his career, at age twenty-four by designing the American Airlines logo--the double A's and the eagle. His illustrations ran in "The Saturday Evening Post." He was a long-time resident of Paradise Valley, Arizona.

Of this artist, Bob DeWitt of Galesburg, Illinois wrote to AskART.com: "Hello, I just bought a Stan Ekman original & have uncovered some information that you may wish to include in you biography. Mr. Ekman actually had two Saturday Evening Post covers to his credit. The Jan. 6, 1945 was a rear view of a man bowling. You have that painting on your site as one that sold at auction. The only other Post cover that he did ...