image from https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-3.html ‘Ralston Crawford (1906-1978) was born in St. Catherines, Ontario. He studied art beginning in 1927 in California at the Otis Art Institute. After working at the Walt Disney Studio, he returned to the eastern U.S. for further study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and at the Barnes Foundation, where he was exposed to the art of Picasso and Matisse. In 1934, he had his first one-man showing at the Maryland Institute college of Art. Crawford was best known for his abstract representations of urban life and industry. His early work placed him with Precisionist artists like Niles Spencer and Charles Sheeler.’ - https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-4.html

#Fortune for #NOVEMBER 1944
‘The Merchant Marine’
#Illustration by Ralston Crawford (1906-1978 👉ALT)
Cover of *Fortune*, November 1944
#FortuneCover #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #RalstonCrawford #MerchantMarine #WW2

image from https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-4.html: ‘Ralston Crawford (1906-1978) was born in St. Catherines, Ontario. He studied art beginning in 1927 in California at the Otis Art Institute. After working at the Walt Disney Studio, he returned to the eastern U.S. for further study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and at the Barnes Foundation, where he was exposed to the art of Picasso and Matisse. In 1934, he had his first one-man showing at the Maryland Institute college of Art. Crawford was best known for his abstract representations of urban life and industry. His early work placed him with Precisionist artists like Niles Spencer and Charles Sheeler.’

#Fortune for #OCTOBER 1945
‘Radar’
Illustration by Ralston Crawford (1906-1978 👉ALT)
Cover of *Fortune*, October 1945
#FortuneCover #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #RalstonCrawford #radar

🎨 #RalstonCrawford, Canadian-born American painter, lithographer, and photographer, was #BOTD 5 September 1905 . #Art #Painting

‘Ralston Crawford (1906-1978) was born in St. Catherines, Ontario. He studied art beginning in 1927 in California at the Otis Art Institute. After working at the Walt Disney Studio, he returned to the eastern U.S. for further study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and at the Barnes Foundation, where he was exposed to the art of Picasso and Matisse. In 1934, he had his first one-man showing at the Maryland Institute college of Art. Crawford was best known for his abstract representations of urban life and industry. His early work placed him with Precisionist artists like Niles Spencer and Charles Sheeler.’ https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2021/01/fortune-magazine-part-4.html 2

#Fortune for #APRIL 1945
‘Air Transport’
Illustration by Ralston Crawford (1906-1978)
👉ALT
Cover of *Fortune*, April 1945
#FortuneCover #illustration #illustrationart #graphicdesign #RalstonCrawford #airtransport #airtravel #airplane

'Overseas Highway' (1940)

#RalstonCrawford.