Dean Cornwell (1892-1960) was a left-handed painter and muralist who dominated the illustration field for many years.
He began his professional art career at age 18 as a cartoonist for the Louisville Herald. A year later, he enrolled at the Chicago Art Institute and went to work in the art department of the Chicago Tribune. At the Chicago Art Institute, he met and studied under prominent art educator Harvey Dunn. In 1915 followed Dunn to New York and joined him in his studio-classroom. After studying with Dunn Cornwell quickly became a success.Cornwell always had a strong work ethic and often worked seventeen-hour days, seven days a week. He produced over 1,000 illustrations for nearly every major publication in the country including Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook, and Good Housekeeping magazines.
In 1927 he decided to devote the rest of his life to mural painting and travelled to England to study mural painting for three years under famous muralist and autodidact Frank Brangwyn.
Cornwell taught and lectured at the Art Students League in New York City and served as president of the Society of Illustrators from 1922 to 1926. He received gold medals for mural painting from the Architectural League of New York, as well as gold medals from the Allied Artists of America and the Society of Illustrators.
This is part 2 of a 5-part series on the works of Dean Cornwell:
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| 1923 The Beautiful Mid-wife, the Baby, and the Beautiful Mother |
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| 1923 The Garden of Peril illustration for Cosmopolitan magazine April 1923 oil on canvas 91.4 x 76.2 cm |
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| 1923 The Garden of Peril illustration for Cosmopolitan magazine April 1923 oil on canvas 88.9 x 76.2 cm |
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| 1923 The Letter by Somerset Maugham illustration for Cosmopolitan magazine oil on board 76.2 x 101.6 cm |
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| 1923 (Title not found) oil on canvas 88.9 x 73.7 cm |
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| 1924 Gold Hands illustration for Good Housekeeping magazine March 1924 oil on canvas 93.9 x 134.6 cm Museum of Illustration, New York City |
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| 1924 Gold Hands (detail) |
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| 1924 Portrait of a Young Woman Reading oil on canvas 91.4 x 76.2 cm |
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| 1924 The Enchanted Hill by Peter B. Kyne dust jacket illustration |
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| 1924 The Enchanted Hill front cover |
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| 1924 The Stick-Up oil on canvas 72.4 x 112.4 cm |
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| 1924 Who Hired You? oil on canvas 76.2 x 116.8 cm |
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| 1924 Who Hired You? detail |
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| 1924 Who Hired You? detail |
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| 1925 Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem watercolour on paper 41.9 x 50.8 cm |
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| 1925 Old Fashion oil on canvas 67.3 x 113 cm |
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| 1925 Old Fashion detail |
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| 1925 Old Fashion detail |
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| 1925 Strathmore Paper Co. advertisement in International Studio magazine |
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| 1925 The Ancient Highway by James Oliver Curwood dust-jacket illustration |
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| 1925 The Ancient Highway front cover |
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| 1925 The Callers, Cosmopolitan Magazine interior illustration oil on board 64.8 x 41.9 cm |
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| 1925 The Wonders of Ivory (Swapping Yarns) oil on canvas paid down on masonite 81.3 x 106 cm |
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| 1926 Gold Rush II Denver Art Museum, CO |
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| 1926 Gold Rush II detail |
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| 1926 Gold Rush II detail |
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| 1926 Golden Gate, Jerusalem Good Housekeeping magazine oil on canvas 95.9 x 68.6 cm |
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| 1928 The Count of Montecristo oil on canvas 81.2 x 66 cm published by Dodd Mead & Co., New York |
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| 1928 The Count of Montecristo detail |
1925-26 The City of the Great King and Other Places in the Holy Land
hardcover book published 1926 by Cosmopolitan Book Corporation:
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| 1925 A House In Nazareth watercolour study on paper |
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| 1925 A House In Nazareth |
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| 1925 Nazareth Street Scene watercolour study on paper |
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| 1925 Nazareth watercolour and charcoal study on paper |
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| 1925-26 The Carpenter Of Nazareth |
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| 1925-26 The Road to Damascus Good Housekeeping magazine oil on canvas 71.1 x 56.8 cm |
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| 1925-26 The Sea of Galilee oil on canvas |
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| 1925-26 The Way of the Cross oil on canvas 30 x 22 cm |
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| 1925-26 There were Shepherds in the Fields oil on canvas |
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| 1926 The Copper Shop in Jerusalem oil on canvas 87 x 116.8 cm |
1928 The Man of Galilee, Twelve Scenes from the Life of Christ
(10 found):
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| 1928 The Baptism of Jesus oil on canvas |
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| 1918 The Woman at the Well oil on canvas |
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| 1928 Nicodemus calls at Night oil on canvas |
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| 1918 Feeding the Five Thousand oil on canvas |
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| 1928 The Healing of the Sick oil on canvas |
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| 1928 The Good Samaritan oil on canvas |
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| 1928 The Prodigal Son oil on canvas 71.1 x 91.4 cm |
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| 1928 Weeping over Jerusalem oil on canvas |
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| 1928 Christ before Pilate oil on canvas |
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| 1928 The Crucifixion oil on canvas |