Monday 6 November 2023

Saul Tepper - part 3

 

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 see part 1, and for earlier works by Saul Tepper, see parts 1 & 2 also.


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


Escaping the Snow
oil on canvas 40.6 x 91.4 cm

Escaping the Snow detail

Escaping the Snow detail

Feelings
no details found

French Foreign Legion desert encampment
oil on canvas 86.5 x 58.9 cm

General Electric Monitor Top Refrigerator
advertisement
oil on canvas 86.4 x 63.5 cm

He glanced at her intent face with satisfaction and increased slightly the pressure of his encircling arm. "Like to have one?"
Saturday Evening Post

Her secret admirer
oil on canvas 64 x 54 cm

Machine Gunner
oil on canvas

Man and Woman
oil on canvas 50.8 x 38.7 cm

Out of the Discussion
Saturday Evening Post magazine
oil on canvas 71.1 x 81.3 cm

Perfect Form
oil on canvas 72.4 x 53.3 cm

Piedmont the Quality Cigarette
oil on canvas 53.3 x 116.8 cm

Sir Walter Raleigh
ALCOA advertisement
oil on canvas 22 x 25 cm

Rapids
oil on canvas 58.4 x 101.6 cm

The Wind
Ladies Home Journal story illustration
oil on canvas 50.8 x 91.4 cm

Untitled
oil on canvas? 71.1 x 101.6 cm

Wary Soldiers, World War I
oil on canvas


Note: Details were not found for the remainder of images in this post:



















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