Dean Cornwell
(American, 1892–1960)
Biography
Cornwell’s illustrations appeared in popular magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and Harper's Bazaar alongside the work of authors including Pearl S Buck, Ernest Hemingway, and W Somerset Maugham. He also worked as a commercial artist for several prominent brands, among them Coca-Cola, Lucky Strike, and Palmolive.
In 1927 Cornwell travelled to London to study mural painting under Frank Brangwyn, assisting on a number of projects including one at the House of Lords. Following his return to the US, Cornwell's fame as a muralist (which had earned him the nickname ‘the Norman Rockwell of muralists’) led to commissions for notable locations such as the Los Angeles Public Library and the New York City Court of Appeals.
Cornwell was President of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1953–57 and was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1959. He died on December 4, 1960.
Cornwell’s painting Portrait (oil on canvas) was sold for a record-breaking price of $245,700 at auction.
Dean Cornwell Artworks
.jpg "The bridge (illus. for Harper's bazaar), 1921")
Dean Cornwell
The bridge (illus. for Harper's bazaar), 1921
Sale Date: October 15, 2010
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.jpg "Never the twain shall meet (illus. for..., 1923")
Dean Cornwell
Never the twain shall meet (illus. for..., 1923
Sale Date: October 15, 2010
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.jpg "Fara swears revenge (illus. for The big..., 1948")
Dean Cornwell
Fara swears revenge (illus. for The big..., 1948
Sale Date: October 15, 2010
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.jpg "Religious figure (study)")
.jpg "Not for glory, nor yet for gold (study for..., 1944")
Dean Cornwell
Not for glory, nor yet for gold (study for..., 1944
Sale Date: August 17, 2010
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Dean Cornwell
Pontius Pilate's banquet, The robe, book..., 1947
Sale Date: May 6, 2010
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Dean Cornwell
The beautiful mid-wife, the baby, and the..., 1923
Sale Date: February 18, 2010
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Dean Cornwell
Still life with duck, urn, kettle, bottles,..., 1955
Sale Date: December 12, 2009
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