Patterson & Sullivan
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Patterson & Sullivan was an art service based in San Francisco in the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to their illustration services, P&S employed a staff of graphic and packaging designers as well as typographers, calligraphic artists and photographers.
, BBD&O, Young & Rubicam
and J. Walter Thompson. Believe it or not, by the mid 1920s, P&S was attracting many of the country's leading illustrators including John Atherton, Stan Galli, Paul Carey, Jack Painter, Haines Hall, Gib Darling and Amado Gonzalez. These artists were able to supply a wide range of illustration styles evidenced in their campaigns for clients such as Southern Pacific Railroad
, Dole Food Company
, Del Monte Corporation, Levi Strauss & Co., Stanford University
, Standard Oil
, Matson Lines and Dollar Steamship Lines.
and Maurice Logan). Hall was also a member of the Bohemian Club
, producing posters and portraits for various events. When fellow Patterson & Sullivan employee John Atherton won a $500 first place in the 1929 Bohemian Club art show, Atherton moved to New York and invited Hall to visit. While in New York, Hall met many of the illustrators of the day, including Norman Rockwell
and Robert Fawcett
, whose sister he would later marry. When Sullivan left P&S in 1939, Haines Hall replaced him as partner in the firm. This led to a change in the art agency's name from Patterson & Sullivan to Patterson & Hall in 1939. It was subsequently changed once more in 1999 from Patterson & Hall to P&H Creative Group which is still in business.
History
J.E. Patterson and Ray Sullivan founded the San Francisco based art service Patterson & Sullivan in 1921. They provided illustration services for the local advertising agencies such as Lord & Thomas, McCann EricksonMcCann Erickson
McCann Erickson is a global advertising agency network, with offices in more than 130 countries. McCann is a subsidiary of the Interpublic Group of Companies, one of the four large holding companies in the advertising industry....
, BBD&O, Young & Rubicam
Young & Rubicam
Y&R is a marketing and communications company specializing in advertising, digital and social media, sales promotion, direct marketing and brand identity consulting.-History:...
and J. Walter Thompson. Believe it or not, by the mid 1920s, P&S was attracting many of the country's leading illustrators including John Atherton, Stan Galli, Paul Carey, Jack Painter, Haines Hall, Gib Darling and Amado Gonzalez. These artists were able to supply a wide range of illustration styles evidenced in their campaigns for clients such as Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
, Dole Food Company
Dole Food Company
Dole Food Company, Inc. is an American-based agricultural multinational corporation headquartered in Westlake Village, California. The company is the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, operating with 74,300 full-time and seasonal employees who are responsible for over 300...
, Del Monte Corporation, Levi Strauss & Co., Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, Standard Oil
Standard Oil
Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational...
, Matson Lines and Dollar Steamship Lines.
Patterson & Sullivan becomes Patterson & Hall
The studio's key artist in 1939 was William Haines Hall, who had joined the firm in 1925. Alton Painter and Haines Hall were members of the Thirteen Watercolorists (founded by Maynard DixonMaynard Dixon
Maynard Dixon was a 20th-century American artist whose body of work focused on the American West. He was married for a time to American photographer Dorothea Lange.-Biography:...
and Maurice Logan). Hall was also a member of the Bohemian Club
Bohemian Club
The Bohemian Club is a private men's club in San Francisco, California, United States.Its clubhouse is located at 624 Taylor Street in San Francisco...
, producing posters and portraits for various events. When fellow Patterson & Sullivan employee John Atherton won a $500 first place in the 1929 Bohemian Club art show, Atherton moved to New York and invited Hall to visit. While in New York, Hall met many of the illustrators of the day, including 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...
and Robert Fawcett
Robert Fawcett
Robert Fawcett trained as a fine artist but achieved fame as an illustrator of books and magazines.Born in England, he grew up in Canada and later in New York. His father, an amateur artist, encouraged Robert's interest in art. While in Canada, he was apprenticed to an engraver...
, whose sister he would later marry. When Sullivan left P&S in 1939, Haines Hall replaced him as partner in the firm. This led to a change in the art agency's name from Patterson & Sullivan to Patterson & Hall in 1939. It was subsequently changed once more in 1999 from Patterson & Hall to P&H Creative Group which is still in business.