"Falstaff Beer Advertisement" Lot no. 931
By Joseph Francis Kernan (American- 1878-1958)
1940's (Estimated)
22.00" x 36.00"
Oil on Board
Signed Lower Right
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This original painting was produced as an advertisement for Falstaff beer. A recent poster reproduction shows the ad was originally published with the caption text "A Case of Luck." Kernan is known for his work featuring outdoor sports, like fishing and hunting. These subjects made him a favorite artist for beer advertisers, including Falstaff, Burger Brewing Company, and DB&M’s Royal Bohemian Beer. This work is very typical of Kernan’s style and subject matter.
Kernan was a well-known illustrator whose work appeared on the covers and pages of major magazines, advertisements, and calendars throughout the 1920s to 1950s.
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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.