Joseph Francis Kernan

Falstaff Beer Advertisement

1940s

Country Gentleman, Magazine Cover, June 21, 1924 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...

Date: June 10, 1922. Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of Country Gentleman magazine 6/10...

Medium: Oil on Board Sight Size 28.00" x 24.00", Framed 34" x 30" Signature: Signed Upper Left Cover Illustration for the February 16, 1924 issue of The Country Gentleman...

Original advertisement for Goodyear Super-Cushion Tires, circa 1950 The image shows three men drinking coffee at a hunting camp in an autumn landscape. Frank C. Bensing was born in Chicago, Illinois, and received his art training there at the Art Institute. Among his teachers were DeForrest Schook, Wellington Reynolds, Charles Schroeder and Walter Biggs...

Only Ballantine Ale Brews "Brewer's Gold," ad illustration appeared in the major magazines of the day. A magic moment is caught at a peak point of drama. It's the instant of friends having fun. A cold beer from the fridge is offered and it's is acknowledged with a head nod. The woman in the foreground covers her giggling face reacting to a funny comment. The decisive moment is preserved. Sounds like a critique of an art photograph? No, it's an illustrator. This ingenious Infiniti "S" composition simultaneously represents the best of photography and painting. Cartier-Bresson could have captured the precise moment. While Nicolas Poussin could have rendered the complex figural composition. Add to it , a painting technique and color scheme with the quick drama of a post-impressionist. We have a great work of art by an overlooked American illustrator/artist/painter, Mike Ludlow...

Oil on canvas by Hy Hintermeister 1897-1972. From the archives of the Shaw Barton Calendar company. Used for early calendar print. Part of the humorou...

Oil on canvas by Hy Hintermeister 1897-1972. From the archives of the Shaw Barton Calendar company. Used for early calendar print. Part of the humorou...

Two dancing cubs - oil on board; 22" x 23". Continuation of the Humorous Fishing Series started by Hy Hintermeister, from the archives of Shaw Barton (calendar) Co. Used for an early calendar print...