Warehouse Chic: Art Districts
Trendy art districts in long ago abandoned manufacturing hubs bring festivals, galleries, and tourists to these newly popular areas in major U.S. cities.
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Tag Archives: Art
Vintage Gatsby-Era Art
These beautiful illustrations and ads from the Post‘s archive bring the lavish parties, flapper culture, and glittering jazz of the Roaring ’20s to life.
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Mad Men-Era Advertising
Here’s a look at real Mad Men-era ads from the archives of The Saturday Evening Post.
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Classic Ads: Wish List for a 20th Century Christmas
From an Edison Phonograph in 1909 to a new Plymouth in 1951 (ad by Norman Rockwell!), we’ve found decades of great Christmas ads from a bygone era.
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Classic Covers: Autumn’s Beauty
The Post’s great cover artists had a knack for placing the viewer right in the painting, whether riding horseback through golden forests or picking apples in a lush orchard.
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Classic Ads: The Art of Advertising
Ah, the golden age of illustration, when some of the most fabulous artwork can be found…in advertisements.
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Classic Art: Rockwell Visits a Ration Board
In Spring of 1944 Norman Rockwell visited his local ration board — with sketchpad in hand, of course.
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Classic Ads: Norman Rockwell, Ad Man
Did you know that Norman Rockwell sold everything from socks to insurance? Like most hard-working artists, Rockwell illustrated advertisements.
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A Fond Farewell to an Iconic Policeman
Dick Clemens, the real police officer who was delighted when Rockwell asked him to pose for “The Runaway,” passed away this week.
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Classic Covers: Robert Robinson
The current Post magazine celebrates politics 100 years ago with this 1912 cover, which is but one of artist Robert Robinson’s covers depicting delightful “old geezers.”
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Classic Covers: Rockwell Kids of the ’40s
Thinking of taking the plunge? That’s exactly why Director Steven Spielberg keeps this Rockwell painting in his office.
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Rockwell in the 1960s – Part I of II
We’re beginning a tour of Rockwell by decades, beginning with the 1960s and traveling back to the 19-teens. We hope you’ll join us for the whole fascinating journey!
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Classic Covers: Constantin Alajalov
This New Year’s Eve worker from 1949 was one of over seventy Post covers done by the Russian who was an expert at satirizing Americans.
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Pavement Chalk Artist: The Three-Dimensional Drawings of Julian Beever
Discover the eye-popping sidewalk art of Julian Beever in this hardcover book packed full of photos of his amazing chalk creations.
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Classic Covers: Leading Men
Sure, 1960′s and 70′s covers depicted the Vietnam War and politics. But happily, on occasion, a celebrity showed up. Last week, it was leading ladies. This week, celebrity covers showing some of the hottest male actors of the 1960s and 70s. We’ll call them our “leading men.”
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Road Trips: Then and Now
Road trips then and now.
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Classic Covers: “Covering America” Art Show
The Post is proudly showing off paintings it made famous in your parents’ living rooms each week. The “Covering America” Art Show will be in Lafayette, Indiana (at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette) from May 21 – September 11, 2010, with plans in the works for future exhibitions. Come take a peek!
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