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1883 St. Paul, Minnesota - 1971 St. Paul, Minnesota. Known for: Commercial illustration, portrait and landscape painting.
From Saint Paul, Minnesota, Edward Brewer was a commercial artist, muralist and portrait painter whose style is sometimes compared to that of Norman Rockwell. For 15 years beginning in 1911, he was... Read full biography
From Saint Paul, Minnesota, Edward Brewer was a commercial artist, muralist and portrait painter whose style is sometimes compared to that of Norman Rockwell. For 15 years beginning in 1911, he was employed by Emery Maples Company to do weekly ads for their major client, Cream of Wheat, and for... Read full biography
From Saint Paul, Minnesota, Edward Brewer was a commercial artist, muralist and portrait painter whose style is sometimes compared to that of Norman Rockwell. For 15 years beginning in 1911, he was employed by Emery Maples Company to do weekly ads for their major client, Cream of Wheat, and for this assignment, he created the character "Rastus", making a three dimensional portrait bust, from which he did various angle facial depictions. In total, he is credited with 102 ads for Cream of Wheat.... Read full biography
From Saint Paul, Minnesota, Edward Brewer was a commercial artist, muralist and portrait painter whose style is sometimes compared to that of Norman Rockwell. For 15 years beginning in 1911, he was employed by Emery Maples Company to do weekly ads for their major client, Cream of Wheat, and for this assignment, he created the character "Rastus", making a three dimensional portrait bust, from which he did various angle facial depictions. In total, he is credited with 102 ads for Cream of Wheat. Brewer grew up in Saint Paul in a family of six boys whose parents were Rose Koempel Brewer and his father was Nicholas Brewer, a noted portrait painter. Edward's brother, Adrian became a landscape painter. Prior to working on the Cream of Wheat ads,... Read full biography
From Saint Paul, Minnesota, Edward Brewer was a commercial artist, muralist and portrait painter whose style is sometimes compared to that of Norman Rockwell. For 15 years beginning in 1911, he was employed by Emery Maples Company to do weekly ads for their major client, Cream of Wheat, and for this assignment, he created the character "Rastus", making a three dimensional portrait bust, from which he did various angle facial depictions. In total, he is credited with 102 ads for Cream of Wheat. Brewer grew up in Saint Paul in a family of six boys whose parents were Rose Koempel Brewer and his father was Nicholas Brewer, a noted portrait painter. Edward's brother, Adrian became a landscape painter. Prior to working on the Cream of Wheat ads, Edward had commercial art clients including Field and Stream magazine and Abercrombie & Fitch. Starting in the 1940s,... Read full biography
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Keywords (29)
Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Magazine Illustration
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Outdoor Sporting Scenes, Field and Stream, Hunting
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Portraits: Notables, Society, Celebrity, Historical and/or Royalty
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Yellowstone National Park
Art Teacher
- •Frank Vincent DuMond
- •John Henry Twachtman
- •Kenyon Cox
- •Nicholas Brewer
- •Walter Appleton Clark
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Artist Has Artist Family Members
- •Book and/or Magazine Cover Artist
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Cream of Wheat Ad Illustration Artist
- •LIFE Magazine Illustrator, Photographer
- •Member of Artist Family of Multi-Generations
- •Railroad Promotion Commissioned Artist