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. He also played saxophone in a jazz band on a river boat to earn money for tuition.
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.
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.
Alfred Charles Parker - Illustration History
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 - MoMA
Al Parker. Exhibition The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club. Mar 15–Apr 17, 1949. MoMA. Licensing. If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, ...
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
In a young and quickly changing profession—an art director, graphic designer and illustrator who stayed on top. The first woman member of the New York Art Directors Club, and first woman inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame had a profound …
Al Parker Collection - WashU Libraries
The Al Parker Collection includes material relating to Parker’s personal and professional development, photographs of artist models, original artwork, and published materials featuring his artwork. Al Parker was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906 and studied at WashU’s School of Fine Arts from 1923 to 1928.
Al Parker Collection - JSTOR
Alfred Charles Parker was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906 and studied at Washington University's School of Fine Arts from 1923 to 1928. After opening a fledgling advertising agency with fellow students and beginning to work for national magazines, Parker moved to …
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