Friday 3 November 2023

Saul Tepper - part 2

Saul Tepper (1899 – 1987) was an American illustrator and later a popular songwriter. Tepper studied under illustrator Harvey Dunn at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City. 

Tepper began his career with Albert Dorne as a letterer for fashion catalogues but went on to do story illustrations for the most popular magazines of the day. Additionally, his illustrations appeared in advertising for major companies such as General Electric, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Mobil, and Texaco. In the 1950s, Tepper created television commercials while an art director for J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. 

Later in life he became a popular songwriter whose work was recorded by Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, and Harry James. He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1980.


For more biographical information, and for earlier works by Saul Tepper, see part 1 also.


This is part 2 of a 3-part post on the works of Saul Tepper:


1932 "Wager lifted his own voice in a great echoing Shout."
 oil on canvas 88.9 x 100.4 cm

1933 Couple standing in the Dunes
McCalls magazine illustration
oil on canvas 90.2 x 55.9 cm

c1933 Change of Heart
oil on canvas 61 x 102 cm

1935 Loading Lumber
American Magazine story illustration
gouache on board 23.5 x 43.2 cm

c1935 The Spoilers
gouache on board 40.7 x 43.2 cm

1937 The lady who Promised
oil on board 56.5 x 49.5 cm

1937 (No information found)

1939 Couple Embracing
oil on canvas 83.8 x 81.3 cm

1939 Rapids
oil on canvas 58.4 x 101.6 cm

1940 Hello Joe
gouache on board 43.1 x 35.5 cm

c1940 Poker Game
oil on canvas laid on panel 98.4 x 100 cm

1940s The Disagreement
oil on canvas 81.3 x 81.4 cm

1942 Speak only with your Heart
McCall's magazine Illustration
oil on canvas 55.8 x 99 cm

1944 Loose Lips Sink Ships
oil on canvas 71.1 x 83.8 cm

1944 We Caught Hell! - someone must have talked
WWII poster 102 x 74 cm

1945 Portrait Of Grace Moore
oil on canvas 101.6 x 76.2 cm

1945 Portrait of a Blonde
gouache on board 19 x 16.5 cm

1953 Signet Books No.1063
Home is Upriver by Brian Harwin

1954 A Touch of Death
Gold Medal Books

1954 Cover illustration for "I’ll Take Whats Mine" By Nard Jones"
Published by Gold Medal Books

1954 I’ll Take Whats Mine By Nard Jones
Published by Gold Medal Books

1954 Guilty Bystander
Signet Books

1956 artwork
details not found

Cobbler's Shop
details not found

Cobbler's Shop detail

Cobbler's Shop detail

Couple Standing in Dunes
oil on canvas 89.4 x 55.8 cm

Dixie
charcoal on paper 19 x 16.5 cm


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