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
Androscoggin River Falls, study for The..., 1960
Sale Date: November 16, 2015
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Dean Cornwell
The Dark Fleece, Saturday Evening Post story , 1918
Sale Date: November 16, 2015
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Dean Cornwell
Worrisome Mink, possible interior story..., 1932
Sale Date: October 14, 2015
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Dean Cornwell
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, preliminary, 1937
Sale Date: October 14, 2015
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Dean Cornwell
Orientalist Scene, Workers Toiling Under the...
Sale Date: July 26, 2015
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Dean Cornwell
FROM TROPICAL PLANTATIONS FINE BANANAS COME TO YOU
Sale Date: August 5, 2015
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Dean Cornwell
Captain Blood ("From the old fort Blood..., 1930
Sale Date: May 21, 2015
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.jpg "The Wonders of Ivory (Swapping Yarns), 1925")
Dean Cornwell
As Kent sat there, uttering no word, the demands
Sale Date: May 20, 2015
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Dean Cornwell
Options, The Saturday Evening Post story..., 1917
Sale Date: May 2, 2015
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Dean Cornwell
The Great Things of Life-Travel, Edison..., 1921
Sale Date: May 2, 2015
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Dean Cornwell
Burning Love, possible American Magazine..., 1942
Sale Date: May 2, 2015
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Dean Cornwell
Lewis and Clark, preliminary New York Life..., 1954
Sale Date: November 17, 2014
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