Name Douglass Crockwell | ||
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Full Name Spencer Douglass Crockwell Spouse(s) Margaret Braman (1933–1968) his death; 3 children Died November 30, 1968, Glens Falls, New York, United States | ||
Glens Falls Sequence (Douglass Crockwell, 1946)
Douglass Crockwell (April 29, 1904, Columbus, Ohio – November 30, 1968, Glens Falls, New York), born Spencer Douglass Crockwell, was an American commercial artist and experimental filmmaker. He was most famous for his illustrations and advertisements for the Saturday Evening Post and for murals and posters for the Works Progress Administration.
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- Glens Falls Sequence Douglass Crockwell 1946
- Education and career
- Posters
- Filmmaking
- Filmography
- Legacy
- References
Education and career
He received a B.Sc. from the Washington University (1926) in St. Louis and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts (1927) and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts (1927–31).
Crockwell's paintings have been featured in advertisements for Friskies dog food and in a poster for the American Relief for Holland. For the latter, he was awarded a gold medal from the Art Director's Club in 1946.
Posters
Crockwell created recruiting and other posters for various branches of the United States government during World War II, and many illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post.
He also created poster art for the MGM film The Yearling (1946).
Filmmaking
In 1934, Crockwell began experimenting with non-representational films while balancing his career as an illustrator. He initially wanted to create flexible, low-cost animation techniques. In 1936–1937, he collaborated with David Smith, a sculptor, to create surrealistic films.
Filmography
Legacy
Examples of his work are in the collections of the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, the Bangor Public Library, the Hennepin County Library, the George C. Marshall Library, among others.
Over the course of his career, Crockwell drew over four hundred full-page images; more than three billion prints of his works have been made.