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Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Arthur Getz
So
far, Arthur Getz (1913-96) has been the most prolific New Yorker cover
artist -- in all, 213 covers from 1938 to 1988. Three of them are below.
The one to the left ran on July 20,
1957.
The one on the right appeared on the September 1, 1962, cover.
The cover art below was published on May 1, 1948.
It seems Getz was one of those 20th century artists who was sometimes put down for being "too commercial" by snooty folks viewing it from within the fine art world. But I wonder if Getz was really too commercial, whatever that meant. Or were some of those critics maybe just a little envious of Getz's confident eye for design and his striking ability to deftly portray a mood.
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