Illustrators like RUSSELL SAMBROOK fill in the gap between the age dominated by J. C. Leyendecker and the renaissance of Americana seen through Norman Rockwell's eyes. Like his contemporaries,... Read full biography
Illustrators like RUSSELL SAMBROOK fill in the gap between the age dominated by J. C. Leyendecker and the renaissance of Americana seen through Norman Rockwell's eyes. Like his contemporaries, Sambrook's approach to visual design and sense of stagey humor owe a great deal to his predecessors, while... Read full biography
Illustrators like RUSSELL SAMBROOK fill in the gap between the age dominated by J. C. Leyendecker and the renaissance of Americana seen through Norman Rockwell's eyes. Like his contemporaries, Sambrook's approach to visual design and sense of stagey humor owe a great deal to his predecessors, while his ability to isolate the concerns and foibles of the American Everyman hint at the vision of his successors. Sambrook's career was eclipsed by other Saturday Evening Post regulars like E. M.... Read full biography
Illustrators like RUSSELL SAMBROOK fill in the gap between the age dominated by J. C. Leyendecker and the renaissance of Americana seen through Norman Rockwell's eyes. Like his contemporaries, Sambrook's approach to visual design and sense of stagey humor owe a great deal to his predecessors, while his ability to isolate the concerns and foibles of the American Everyman hint at the vision of his successors. Sambrook's career was eclipsed by other Saturday Evening Post regulars like E. M. Jackson, Douglass Crockwell, Ellen Pyle, Andrew Loomis, and, of course, Norman Rockwell. But from the 'twenties through the 'fifties, Sambrook's workmanship was called upon for the cover of the Post, The People's Home Journal, The American Boy, and others.... Read full biography
Illustrators like RUSSELL SAMBROOK fill in the gap between the age dominated by J. C. Leyendecker and the renaissance of Americana seen through Norman Rockwell's eyes. Like his contemporaries, Sambrook's approach to visual design and sense of stagey humor owe a great deal to his predecessors, while his ability to isolate the concerns and foibles of the American Everyman hint at the vision of his successors. Sambrook's career was eclipsed by other Saturday Evening Post regulars like E. M. Jackson, Douglass Crockwell, Ellen Pyle, Andrew Loomis, and, of course, Norman Rockwell. But from the 'twenties through the 'fifties, Sambrook's workmanship was called upon for the cover of the Post, The People's Home Journal, The American Boy, and others. In the scenes he painted depicting mundane activities like choosing a greeting card, sewing, o... Read full biography
Russell Sambrook - Artist Info
About Russell Sambrook: Books
Books & Publications (7)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Master Pieces The Art History of Jigsaw Puzzles
1998
McCann, Chris (Author); Louis Darling (Illustrator)
223 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)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index