"Over There, Farm and Home Magazine cover" Lot no. 4882
By Joseph Francis Kernan (American- 1878-1958)
1919
24.5" x 18", Framed 28.5" x 22"
Oil on canvas
Signed Lower Left
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Farm and Home magazine cover, January 1919
Following the Armistice in November 1918, American GIs began returning home in February of the next year. The months in between were filled with eager anticipation, a sentiment vividly reflected in this cover by Joseph Francis Kernan for the January 1919 issue of Farm and Home. In the scene, a grandfather pauses from playing the patriotic song “Over There” as the family dog howls with excitement, while a young grandson peeks from behind the curtains, eager to surprise his father with how much he has grown during his absence.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Joseph Francis Kernan was a sportsman all of his life and the majority of his subjects featured, as he described it, "the human side of outdoor sports, hunting, fishing and dogs." These were the ideal subjects for magazine covers and his work appeared on all of the major - and some minor- magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Liberty, The Country Gentlemen, Capper's Farmer, The Elks, Outdoor Life, and The Associated Sunday Magazines. His work was also commissioned for calendars, and advertisers such as Fisk Tires, International Harvester and Pratt & Lambert.
Kernan was born in Brookline Massachusetts and studied at the Eric Pape School of Art in Boston. This was financed by playing professional baseball. He also taught for two years at the Pape School before launching his art career.
A major collection of some 450 Kernan's Illustration's spanning a career of over 40 years is held in the collection of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta Canada.