Edgar Franklin Wittmack (1894 - 1956). Edgar Franklin Wittmack was an illustrator and cover artist for many of the most popular magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. His covers, just as the artwork of... Read full biography
Edgar Franklin Wittmack (1894 - 1956). Edgar Franklin Wittmack was an illustrator and cover artist for many of the most popular magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. His covers, just as the artwork of his contemporary, Norman Rockwell, were usually created as oil paintings. Both cover artists... Read full biography
Edgar Franklin Wittmack (1894 - 1956). Edgar Franklin Wittmack was an illustrator and cover artist for many of the most popular magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. His covers, just as the artwork of his contemporary, Norman Rockwell, were usually created as oil paintings. Both cover artists specialized in fiction-oriented magazines. Rockwell, drawing on the viewer's imagination, created humorous or unique situations of small town life, mainly thru his covers for the Saturday Evening Post.... Read full biography
Edgar Franklin Wittmack (1894 - 1956). Edgar Franklin Wittmack was an illustrator and cover artist for many of the most popular magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. His covers, just as the artwork of his contemporary, Norman Rockwell, were usually created as oil paintings. Both cover artists specialized in fiction-oriented magazines. Rockwell, drawing on the viewer's imagination, created humorous or unique situations of small town life, mainly thru his covers for the Saturday Evening Post. Wittmack, known for creating numerous covers for such "slick" magazines as the Saturday Evening Post, American Boy, Outdoor Life, Liberty etc., generally displayed a "poster style" cover of men of all ages at their work or sport. Wittmack is also well known... Read full biography
Edgar Franklin Wittmack (1894 - 1956). Edgar Franklin Wittmack was an illustrator and cover artist for many of the most popular magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. His covers, just as the artwork of his contemporary, Norman Rockwell, were usually created as oil paintings. Both cover artists specialized in fiction-oriented magazines. Rockwell, drawing on the viewer's imagination, created humorous or unique situations of small town life, mainly thru his covers for the Saturday Evening Post. Wittmack, known for creating numerous covers for such "slick" magazines as the Saturday Evening Post, American Boy, Outdoor Life, Liberty etc., generally displayed a "poster style" cover of men of all ages at their work or sport. Wittmack is also well known for his Popular Science artwork where, during the heigh... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (13)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Pulp Culture The Art of Fiction Magazines
1998
Robinson, Frank/L Davidson
204 pages (color)
Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings for the Great Pulp Magazines
1997
Lesser, Robert
183 pages (color)
Covers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration
1995
Cohn, Jan
298 pages (color)
Rivals of Rockwell (Liberty Magazine illustrators)
1992
Roettiger, Dorye
120 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
100 Years of Science Fiction Illustration 1840-1940
1974
Frewin, Anthony
130 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index