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
Dean Cornwell
Her Teachers Remarked that Little Elfreda..., 1922
Sale Date: June 5, 2022
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Dean Cornwell
The Little Missioner, Valley of Silent Men,..., 1918
Sale Date: November 5, 2021
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Dean Cornwell
Captain Blood, American Magazine interior...
Sale Date: November 5, 2021
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.jpg "Untitled (Chaos at Sea), 1934")
Dean Cornwell
READY! AIM!, Fisher advertisement sketch, 1944
Sale Date: October 4, 2021
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.jpg "Untitled (Crucifixion on the Battlefield)")
Dean Cornwell
The Stage was Set... and Then Came the Upset, 1927
Sale Date: July 20, 2021
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.jpg "Dean Cornwell Horse-Cart and Human..., 1940–1949")
Dean Cornwell
Dean Cornwell Horse-Cart and Human..., 1940–1949
Sale Date: March 1, 2021
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