"Sea Captain, Elks Magazine Cover" Lot no. 657
By Edgar Franklin Wittmack (American- 1894-1956)
1927
21.00" x 16.70"
Oil on Canvas
Signed Lower Left
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The Elks Magazine Cover, September 1927 of a sea captain looking out into the water.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Edgar Franklin Wittmack specialized in painting magazine covers. He had a strong poster style that was well adapted to the eye-arresting requirements of cover art.
For many years, he regularly painted the covers for The Popular Science Monthly, picturing the latest in technological advances, often working from blue prints of conceptual models. e did another long series of covers for Nation’s Business as well as Motor Magazine and Cities Service trade publications. Between these assignments, he periodically painted topical covers for The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s and other national magazines.
Wittmack was a versatile advertising artist as well, adept at subjects as disparate as hardware and wildlife.