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Joseph Francis Kernan’s Post Cover Honoring The Olympiad
Kernan's Final Post Cover In the Eleventh Olympiad, Joseph Francis Kernan’s final cover for The Saturday Evening Post, a sprinter channels the speed and power of an eagle while preparing to represent the United States at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Kernan...
A Heritage to Remember: Frank Reilly’s Advertisements for Philadelphia Blended Whisky
In the 1940s, the Continental Distilling Corporation commissioned artist Frank Reilly to create a series of historical images of Philadelphia to promote its Philadelphia Blended Whisky, which it referred to as “The Heritage Whisky.” By highlighting key moments that...
Steamy Pulp Covers to Add Spice to Your Summer
We’re embracing the summer heat by highlighting our steamiest pulp-paperback book covers. Pulp fiction is typically associated with crime, romance, adventure, mystery, and science fiction genres, and the eye-catching covers are now recognized as a distinctive...
Dads on Summer Vacation: Two covers for The Saturday Evening Post by Richard Sargent and George Hughes
Two of our favorite covers for The Saturday Evening Post by Richard Sargent and George Hughes illustrate humorous and relatable scenarios that tend to play out on family trips during summer vacations. Richard Sargent's scene painted for the cover of the...
The Endearing Humor of Kurt Ard
The Illustrated Gallery is thrilled to announce our latest acquisition of fourteen paintings by the Danish illustrator Kurt Ard to the collection. Much like Norman Rockwell, Ard was inspired by everyday life and he often used his wife and children as models, striving...
Modeling Mother and Son: The Real-Life Figures Who Posed for J.C. Leyendecker and George Hughes
Two of our favorite covers for The Saturday Evening Post by Joseph Christian Leyendecker and George Hughes celebrate the special bonds between mother and son that occur during milestone moments of transition from childhood into adulthood. We take this opportunity to...
For The Love of The Game: Joseph Francis Kernan’s Covers for Baseball Magazine
Baseball Magazine was founded in December 1907 by Boston sportswriter Jacob Morse. As the first monthly American magazine devoted entirely to baseball, the publication had the time and space to run lengthier, more in-depth feature-length articles compared to weekly...
The Red Rose Girls
Near the turn of the early twentieth century, three women illustrators, Jessie Willcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and Violet Oakley, defied social norms by living communally and finding fulfillment outside the traditional domestic sphere through successful and...
Haddon Sundblom’s Advertisements for Cashmere Bouquet Soap
In a series of illustrations for a Cashmere Bouquet Soap campaign, Haddon Sundblom used romantic imagery to subtly suggest the sensuousness of soft fragrant skin. The couples embrace and sit nearly cheek-to-cheek as the men gaze longingly at their lovers, who showcase...