Maurice L. Bower (1889-1980). Maurice Lincoln Bower was born in Ohio in 1889 , and showed an ability to draw at an early age. His family moved to Philadelphia where Bower attended High School and... Read full biography
Maurice L. Bower (1889-1980). Maurice Lincoln Bower was born in Ohio in 1889 , and showed an ability to draw at an early age. His family moved to Philadelphia where Bower attended High School and spent a year at Penn State. Upon learning of classes being taught by Howard Pyle alumnus Walter... Read full biography
Maurice L. Bower (1889-1980). Maurice Lincoln Bower was born in Ohio in 1889 , and showed an ability to draw at an early age. His family moved to Philadelphia where Bower attended High School and spent a year at Penn State. Upon learning of classes being taught by Howard Pyle alumnus Walter Everett, he switched to the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia. While still a student he began to be published in St. Nicholas magazine. This was followed by four years working for the Hearst... Read full biography
Maurice L. Bower (1889-1980). Maurice Lincoln Bower was born in Ohio in 1889 , and showed an ability to draw at an early age. His family moved to Philadelphia where Bower attended High School and spent a year at Penn State. Upon learning of classes being taught by Howard Pyle alumnus Walter Everett, he switched to the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia. While still a student he began to be published in St. Nicholas magazine. This was followed by four years working for the Hearst Syndicate. Later he became a medical illustrator in the U.S. Army during WWI. Bower had always wanted to live and work in Paris, and when offered the opportunity by the McCall Corporation in 1926, he accepted at once. For the next five years he spent his... Read full biography
Maurice L. Bower (1889-1980). Maurice Lincoln Bower was born in Ohio in 1889 , and showed an ability to draw at an early age. His family moved to Philadelphia where Bower attended High School and spent a year at Penn State. Upon learning of classes being taught by Howard Pyle alumnus Walter Everett, he switched to the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia. While still a student he began to be published in St. Nicholas magazine. This was followed by four years working for the Hearst Syndicate. Later he became a medical illustrator in the U.S. Army during WWI. Bower had always wanted to live and work in Paris, and when offered the opportunity by the McCall Corporation in 1926, he accepted at once. For the next five years he spent his summers in Paris and the remainder of the year in Philadelphia. The stock market crash of 1929 ende... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (11)
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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
Covers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration
1995
Cohn, Jan
298 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
American Illustration 1890-1925 Romance, Adventure and Suspense
1986
Larson, Judy L
159 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index