Name Walter Hinton | ||
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Died 1980, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States | ||
'Walter Haskell Hinton was a painter and illustrator He attended the Art Institute of Chicago 1901-1904, and he lived most of his life in the Chicago area, but spent some time in New York City, and Philadelphia Early life
His work included advertising, While in Philadelphia, Hinton developed the tobacco advertising character Velvet Joe for Liggett & Myers. Although he never received credit, it was Hinton who suggested Joe should resemble Mark Twain. outdoors magazines, illustrations for pulp magazines such as Mammoth Western and Western Story, magazine covers for Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, Dairy Farmer, and Successful Farming, as well as illustrations of John Deere Tractors. Much of his calendar work ended up on puzzles. Artist Reviews.
Fairmont Railway Motors was established in 1909, and in the 1940s they introduced new technology that geatly improved transportation on the rails. Fairmont Railway Motors has now become Harsco Rail, a division of Harsco Corporation. The Rediscovery of Walter Haskell Hinton In 1988, a young new CEO named Robert Newman stumbled upon 24 paintings stashed in a storeroom at the company's headquarters. Awed and curious, he began asking where they came from, what they were for, and who made them. Robert Newman's interest, and that of his father Ervin Newman, led to a major retrospective exhibition in 1993, held at the Ewing Gallery of the University of Tennessee. It was the first ever exhibition of Walter Haskell Hinton's artwork, and the beginning of a recovery of Hinton's place in the history of American illustration art.
Magazine covers
Cover Artist: Sports Afield magazine January 1941 Cover Artist: Sports Afield magazine March 1941