Classic Art at WSJ, Final Installment

Or, Part 30…

(To view the initial Post in this series, please click on https://www.sprouls.com/ink-rhythm-blog/classic-wall-street-journal-art )

To conclude this series, I submit the following images. There are more in my trove, yet I’ve published the highlights here. I hope you’ve enjoyed this excursion in the history of The Journal. To begin the end, here is a Hedcut Portrait:

WSJ Hercut

Pictured, a rugged soul named Villi Knudsen. I don’t know his story (nor does Wikipedia) don’t I imagine he was an explorer of some sort. Page One news. Next, a graphic ½-column illustration:

This small image accompanied a story about building (mis)management. Next, a drawing of the “One Show Award”…

This image occupied one column in the paper, on Page One, and marks the occasion of “an American non-profit organization that recognizes and promotes excellence in advertising”, and its coveted Award Trophy, presented each year. Moving on, I did this drawing of an Hibiscus flower for Page One as well:

For a business paper, there was always room for common-interest stories in the pages of The Wall Street Journal. One such story was a review of a book on Writing:

This initial was part of a medeival manuscript in the reviewed book. Naturally, I “cleaned it up” for the paper.

Lastly, an architectural illustration of The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem…

So ends my journey through the Past. I was on staff at The Journal for only 8 years. So much good work came out me then! And much more than is reflected in these posts. Of course, I moved on, and am still illustrating today. Contact me directly if you are interested in commissioning an illustration. I’d love to hear from you! kevin@sprouls.com