Al Parker (artist) - Wikipedia
Al Parker (1906–1985) was an American artist and illustrator. Parker's display of talent as a teenager led his grandfather, a Mississippi River Pilot, to pay for Al's first year in Washington University 's School of Fine Arts in St. Louis, Missouri in 1922.
Al Parker - Artnet
Al Parker was an American illustrator born in 1906 and passed away in 1985. View Al Parker’s artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Learn about the artist and see available works for sale.
Alfred Charles Parker - Illustration History
Biography. A founder of the modern glamour aesthetic, Alfred Charles Parker (1906-1985), defined the progressive look and feel of published imagery at a time of sweeping change, when Americans, emerging from the trials of economic depression and war, sought symbols of hope and redemption on the pages of our nation’s periodicals.
Leaping beyond the constraints of traditional narrative picturemaking, Al Parker emerged in the 1930s to establish a vibrant visual vocabulary for the new suburban life so desired in the aftermath of the Depression and World War II.
Al Parker - Lines and Colors
Mar 11, 2007 · One of the pioneers of this changing landscape was Al Parker, an American illustrator and painter who got his break with a contest-winning illustration for a cover of House Beautiful.
Ephemeral Beauty: Al Parker and the American Women's …
Oct 28, 2007 · His innovative, modernist artworks created for mass-appeal women's magazines and their advertisers captivated his (primarily female) audience, and reflected and profoundly influenced the values and aspirations of American women and their families during the …
Al Parker - Society of Illustrators
Al Parker (1906-1985) was the artist who defined the progressive look of illustration from the 1940s through the ’60s. He created an idealized reflection of the “Baby Boom” generation with his series of covers for The Ladies’ Home Journal in which mother and daughter wear matching outfits and enjoy life together.
Collections Hunters: Al Parker: Illustrating the “Stopper”
Collections Hunters: Uncovering the Museum’s Art and Archival Collections Step behind the scenes to explore the Norman Rockwell Museum’s incomparable assemblage of original illustration art and archival collections—rarely seen objects that represent the vibrancy, eclecticism, and evolution of illustration art, and the practitioners and ...
Pioneer: Al Parker - Communication Arts
Al Parker (1906–1985) was so honored in 1965. Characterized by great diversity and experimentation in many approaches and mediums, his illustrations dominated magazines for over 50 years. Parker was born in St. Louis and became interested in both music and art.
Al Parker : Illustrator, Innovator - Google Books
Feb 17, 2015 · One of America's best known magazine illustrators from the 1940's to the 1960's, Al Parker was an innovator, a trend setter and a constant experimenter. Each chapter describes his top work...