Trailcross is trying to get the new railroad and Stevens wants it to go to Mason City. Jack and sidekick Nevady arrive and when Jack faces down Stevens’ men, he is made Marshal. The townspeople raise money for the railroad and entrust it to Jack. But Stevens plants two of his henchmen as Jack’s escorts…
Category: Illustrations & Prints
Gun Fire from atop the Coach
by George Rozen (American, 1895-1974). A prolific illustrator for pulp-fiction publications. This painting appeared on the cover of Ace-High Western Stories, March 1950.
Almost Got It
Painted for the Father’s Day cover (June 18, 1939) of This Week Magazine by Russell Sambrook (American, 1891-1956). Illustrators such as Sambrook fill in the gap between the age dominated by Joseph Leyendecker and the renaissance of Americana seen through Norman Rockwell’s eyes. Sambrook’s approach to visual design and sense of stagey humor owe a…
Portrait of a Young Woman
by Neysa McMein (American, 1888-1949), cover of the Saturday Evening Post, March 11, 1922. Born Marjorie Moran in Quincy, Illinois, McMein attended the Art Institute of Chicago and in 1913 went to New York City. Her pastel drawings of chic, healthy American girls proved highly popular and brought her many commissions. During World War I…
Study for Saturday Evening Post
Study for Saturday Evening Post cover, March 23, 1940, by Joseph Leyendecker. Leyendecker (American,1874 –1951) was one of the most popular American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations, and his numerous covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Between 1896 and 1950, Leyendecker painted more…
Trouble on the Trail
by Ila Mae McAfee (American, 1897-1995) Born in Colorado, McAfee was trained in art schools in Chicago and New York before moving to Taos in 1928. With husband and artist Elmer Page Turner, McAfee built White Horse Studio, from which they worked until 1993. She painted landscapes, but her specialty was horses, as this humorous…
An Englishman’s Wife
by Walter Martin Baumhofer (1904-1987, American). Redbook Magazine interior art for a story involving American officers in England during World War II. Baumhofer was recognized for his cover paintings on such iconic magazines as The American Weekly, Collier’s, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, McCalls, Redbook, and Woman’s Day. He was also a prolific illustrator for pulp fiction magazines…
Three Women
by Clarence Underwood (1871–1929, American). Born in Jamestown, New York, Underwood studied in Paris, but returned in 1902 to illustrate postcards, books, and magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post. Many of his paintings were romantically inclined, from “over-the-fence-line” courting scenes to stealing a kiss over a chessboard. Underwood was a member of the Society of…
The Lone Ranger
Illustration for the cover of Dell Comics, by Don Spaulding (American, 1926). Spaulding studied with Norman Rockwell and by his early 30s was “the” Lone Ranger artist for Dell. He subsequently focused on fine art. His skill at presenting action and color are well illustrated here.
You Can Learn to Water Ski
(from the girls magazine Calling All Girls,July 1961), by Freeman Elliott (American, 1922-). Born in 1922 in a suburb of Chicago, Freeman Elliot’s early work appeared in Brown & Bigelow’s successful Ballyhoo Calendar, along with Esquire Magazine. His pinups appeard on the covers of Hearst’s The American Weekly during the 1950s.