Tracking a mid-century illustrator's career by way of advertising art is always tougher than by way of editorial art. Magazines almost always make sure to include a credit line for the illustrator -- ad art, by its very nature rarely gives credit to the artist and was rarely signed (or more likely the signature was cropped off in production).Since Mike Ludlow didn't have a particularly unique style for that era I may have seen many examples of Ludlow-illustrated...
Friday, 28 January 2011
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Mike Ludlow, Story Illustrator
Posted on 10:12 by Unknown
In the early '50s Mike Ludlow illustrations began appearing occasionally in some of the major magazines of the day. The earliest I've found are from 1954. As we saw yesterday, Ludlow had already been doing paperback covers for several years at that point.I say "occasionally" because, unlike some of the mid-century illustrators we've looked at on Today's Inspiration over the years who enjoyed monthly story assignments in one magazine or another...
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Mike Ludlow, Paperback Cover Artist
Posted on 18:11 by Unknown
Biographical information about Mike Ludlow is very limited. The most comprehensive description I've found is in Charles Martignette and Louis Meisel's book, The Great American Pin-up. The authors write that, along with his pin-up art and his advertising and magazine illustrations, Ludlow "painted many front covers for paperback novels."Here's the earliest Ludlow paperback cover I was able to locate, from 1950.And here's another from 1951. Martignette...
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Mike Ludlow's Esquire Girls
Posted on 13:04 by Unknown
Here is one of Mike Ludlow's gorgeous 'centerfolds' for Esquire magazine - from the August 1956 issue.Ludlow is often referred to as a pin-up artist and considering he painted the entire 1957 Esquire pin-up calendar (the last ever published by the magazine) I suppose the designation fits. But beyond his pin-up work for Esquire, I have never seen any other examples. I find Ludlow's work fresh and distinct - stylistically similar to Cooper studio...
Monday, 24 January 2011
Mike Ludlow (1921-2010)
Posted on 11:56 by Unknown
If you've been following this blog for a long time you might remember that I've written about Mike Ludlow before. This illustration below, from an old issue of Esquire magazine, was the first scan I ever sent out to a small group of friends some ten years ago under the subject line, "Today's Inspiration."Last week a TI list member very thoughtfully sent me this obituary notice.Over these last few years I've had the tremendous pleasure of connecting...
Friday, 21 January 2011
James Dwyer, Part 4
Posted on 15:22 by Unknown
* James Dwyer article in Illustration #5* My James Dwyer Flickr ...
Thursday, 20 January 2011
James Dwyer, Part 3
Posted on 05:29 by Unknown
* Read about James Dwyer free online in Illustration magazine #5* My James Dwyer Flickr s...
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