by Anton Fischer (American, 1882-1962). Best known for his fishing scenes, war convoys, and marine battle scenes, Anton Fischer was born in Germany and came to New York City in 1903. Among his illustrated books were Moby Dick, Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Treasure Island. He was known for his technical accuracy, as well…
Category: American
Memphis Belle
A rendering of the original nose painting for the famous WWII bomber, The Memphis Belle. The poster is from the 1944 documentary about the plane. The Memphis Belle is the nickname of a Boeing B-17F-10-BO Flying Fortress that flew 25 combat missions during WII, from England over France and Germany, with her crew intact. The…
Morning Prayer
by Enoch Wood Perry, Jr. (American, 1831-1915). Perry studied under Emanuel Leutze (several of whose paintings are held by the Pamplin Collection) in Germany and began his career in New Orleans at the outset of the Civil War. He painted the well-known Signing of the Ordinance of Secession of Louisiana in 1861 as well as…
Mother and Child
Mother and Child by Thomas Sully or School of Thomas Sully. Sully (American, 1783-1872) was a British-born painter who had a long and distinguished career in the new United States painting portraits of distinguished American figures. His paintings of John Quincy Adams, America’s sixth president, and the Marquis de Lafayette appear to have brought him…
School’s Out!
By Amos Sewell (American 1901-1983). Sewell was a prolific illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post and other popular magazines as well as pulp-fiction covers. Here is a rendering for a Post story for late spring, appropriately titled, “School’s Out!”
The Return
Paperback book cover for The Return, by Robert McGinnis (American 1926-). An artist and illustrator, McGinnis is known for his illustrations of over 1200 paperback book covers, and over 40 movie posters, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s (his first film poster assignment), Barbarella, and several James Bond films. He is a member of the Society of…
Flaming Frontiers
Posters promoting two (of 15) 1938 films made by Universal Studios that depicted the adventures of Tom Grant, a gold prospector “out west.” The Pamplin Collection has one of the largest collections of early movie posters in the country, adding several dozen to its holdings every year.
American Revolutionary War
Musket This American Revolutionary period stocked musket uses a pre-French and Indian War lock and trigger guard of American-made brass. The barrel is also American-made. Sword Rare silver hilt Lion Head officer’s sword. Made in England in the 1760s. General George Washington carried an identical sword during the American Revolution. (Washington’s sword is in the…
Wagon Wheels (1934)
The trio of Belmet, Burch, and O’Meary are leading a wagon train west and Murdock is out to stop them. The settlers fight off his initial Indian attack and reach the mountains. With the wagon train vulnerable as it crosses a river, Murdock has the Indians make a final attack. Written by Maurice VanAuken.
American Beauty
by Bradshaw Crandell (American, 1896-1966) While Bradshaw Crandell’s greatest satisfaction as an artist came as a result of his later portraiture of governors and heads of state, it was as a commercial artist that he achieved his greatest recognition. For a dozen years Crandell was the cover artist for Cosmopolitan Magazine, illustrating Hollywood’s most attractive…