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On a trip to Coney Island, an alienated father and son renew their bond.
On a trip to Coney Island, an alienated father and son renew their bond.
When a world-weary, middle-aged couple witnesses a young pair kissing in a restaurant booth, it stirs memories of first love and lost love.
Why neighborhood barbershops are hanging on by a hair.
Stevan Dohanos, inspired by Rockwell’s talent, depicted everyday life in the 123 covers he created for the Post.
“For once the little girl is victorious,” says Mary Whalen Leonard of her portrait outside a principal’s office.
Rockwell’s ‘Armchair General’ portrays the older generation’s passion to stay current with war news and its frustrating isolation from the action overseas
Occupation: Artist, illustrator, portraitist, Advertising copywriter, Mechanical Designer Schools: National Academy of Design in New York City, The Art Students’ League in New York City Studio Work: Charles E. Cooper Studio Art Genre/Grouping: American Art, Americana, Realism Marital Status: Divorced; Remarried to Casey Hughes; 5 daughters total (2 step-daughters) Where is his art now? Has […]
Despite the passage of time and generations, a day at the ballpark, happily, looks pretty much the same.
(1902-1980) Occupation: Artist, Illustrator, Advertising Art Director Schools: Pratt Institute’s School of Art and Design, The New York School of Fine Arts, The Art Student’s League, and The Grand Central School of Art. Studio Work: BBDO Advertising Art Genre/Grouping: American Art Awards and Honors: The Society of Illustrators and The Art Director’s Club Biography […]
Talk of rain, wind, clouds—even sunshine—dominates the news today, even though we are insulated from all but the most extreme weather. What’s behind the fascination with forces beyond our control?
How important is a sense of place? In this moving essay, best-selling author Hugh Delehanty describes how his misadventures as young man in Boston helped transform him into a writer.
A national hero in the ’20s, the aviator became a pariah in the ’30s for his Nazi sympathies. As WWII loomed, the U.S. Army Air Forces needed his expertise. But could he be trusted?
Even before Kennedy became president, changes were reshaping America. View a gallery of telephones, TVs, cars, and more as they transformed from 1953 to 1963.
The story of Ted Key (above, center), creator of the Post’s most famous cartoon series, as told by his son Peter (above, left).
(February 28, 1910-May 20, 1982) Occupations: Artist, illustrator (The Saturday Evening Post, McCall’s, Life, Look, Esquire), portraitist, painter, book cover illustrator, printer Education: Kansas City Art Institute, Art Students League of New York City, Grand Central School of Art Residences: Plattsmouth, Nebraska; Falls City, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; New York City, NY; New Rochelle, NY; […]
(March 23, 1874–October 12, 1951) Occupation: Illustrator (The Saturday Evening Post, Century Magazine, The American Weekly, Success, and Collier’s); advertising, including the Arrow Collar campaign for Cluett, Peabody & Co., 1905. Schools: Chicago Art Institute; Académie Julian, Paris, France Studio Work: J. Manz & Co. Engraving, Chicago, Illinois (Apprentice); Cluett, Peabody & Co.; Kellogg Company; […]