Edgar Franklin Wittmack
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Edgar Franklin Wittmack was an illustrator
and cover artist for many of the most popular magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. His covers, just as the artwork of his contemporary, Norman Rockwell
, were usually created as oil paintings. Where Rockwell specialized in the humorous aspects of small town life, Wittmack dealt mainly with male-oriented interests. He often painted heroic or action-type figures for the "Saturday Evening Post", "American Boy", "Outdoor Life" and many of the other pulp magazines of the time.
However, he is probably most known for the covers he created for "Popular Science
". His "retro-futuristic" style was used during the depression to artistically convert the ideas of inventive Americans
into unique visual expressions of potential reality.
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
and cover artist for many of the most popular magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. His covers, just as the artwork of his contemporary, Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell
Norman Percevel Rockwell was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening...
, were usually created as oil paintings. Where Rockwell specialized in the humorous aspects of small town life, Wittmack dealt mainly with male-oriented interests. He often painted heroic or action-type figures for the "Saturday Evening Post", "American Boy", "Outdoor Life" and many of the other pulp magazines of the time.
However, he is probably most known for the covers he created for "Popular Science
Popular Science
Popular Science is an American monthly magazine founded in 1872 carrying articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the ASME awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 and 2004...
". His "retro-futuristic" style was used during the depression to artistically convert the ideas of inventive Americans
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
into unique visual expressions of potential reality.