Joseph Bowler

Joseph Bowler (born 1928, Forest Hills, New York) is an artist and illustrator.

Bowler was a regular illustrator for the likes of Cosmopolitan Magazine and Ladies' Home Journal in the often proclaimed Second Illustrative Golden Age after the Second World War.

An apprentice of the Charles E. Cooper Art Studio in New York, Bowler was named The Artists' Guild of New York Artist of the Year in 1967. The award was a break for Bowler, who between 1968 and 1971 illustrated Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy for Ladies' Home Journal, and David Eisenhower and his wife Julie for The Saturday Evening Post.

Trivia

In 1958, Bowler was struck down with Polio.

Bowler was named in the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1992