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#Fortune for #DECEMBER 1942
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Illustration by John Atherton (1900-1952)
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‘Here are 190,000 demonstrations a day.’
December 1948
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In #DECEMBER 1948
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‘You can be sure .. if it’s Westinghouse’
Illustration by John Atherton (1900-1952)
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![‘After serving in the Navy for a year during World War I [Atherton] enrolled in in the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Though he had always intended to be a fine artist, Atherton’s first jobs were for commercial art firms. In 1929, using the prize money won for a painting he entered in an art competition, Atherton and his wife moved to New York City. Though the economic situation was difficult in those years, he managed to keep going by taking commissions for magazine illustrations, and over the years he would illustrate more than forty covers for The Saturday Evening Post.
In 1938, an artist friend suggested that he use the same flat, decorative style as his commercial work for his gallery paintings. This was a breakthrough for Atherton; soon afterwards ... his paintings began to be collected by museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.’
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‘After serving in the Navy for a year during World War I [Atherton] enrolled in in the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Though he had always intended to be a fine artist, Atherton’s first jobs were for commercial art firms. In 1929, using the prize money won for a painting he entered in an art competition, Atherton and his wife moved to New York City. Though the economic situation was difficult in those years, he managed to keep going by taking commissions for magazine illustrations, and over the years he would illustrate more than forty covers for The Saturday Evening Post. In 1938, an artist friend suggested that he use the same flat, decorative style as his commercial work for his gallery paintings. This was a breakthrough for Atherton; soon afterwards ... his paintings began to be collected by museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.’ https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-3.html
#Fortune for #JULY 1942
Cover illustration by John Atherton (1900-1952)
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*Fortune*, July 1942
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#Fortune for #JUNE 1943
‘The War on the Farm’
Illustration by John Atherton (b. 1900)
Cover of *Fortune*, June 1943
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In #JUNE 1951
‘Aviation . . . and The National City Bank of New York’
#Illustration by John Atherton (1900-1952)
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'Now that man has burst through the sonic barrier and flown planes faster than sound travels, no one can ➡️
a painting of a mountain, scaffolding, and a black horse
d:// "the black horse," john atherton, 1942. open access via @metmuseum.org
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