Classic WSJ Art, part 10

( To view the initial Post in this series, please click on https://cyan-sunfish-e2wr.squarespace.com/config/pages/620a981b1f3c5f26f4888ee8 ). More Classic WSJ Art from the trove of images in my archive. We begin with a couple of standard hedcut portraits. I admit that, in those days, most hedcuts were of men, but not all. Here is a portrait of Barbara Webb:

WSJ Hedcut

As I’ve said, women tended to have more elaborate hairstyles, filling the available space. Consequently, the face would be diminished in size— a challenge when trying to capture a likeness. The next subject, King Hassan II of Morocco:

WSJ Hedcut

As you can see, there is a lot more to see in this portrait, even though both images are the same in scale. They ran in The Journal as ½-column hedcuts. Sometimes, the hedcut space in the paper didn’t always contain portraits of the movers and shakers. . .

Here, a piece of Asian Sculpture from page 1. Likely, the story was about an exhibit at one of the major museums in the City. Creating this drawing was a welcome diversion from the day-to-day rendering of contemporary executives. But, it wasn’t always business-types that were called for:

At The Wall Street Journal, there was always a lively interest in the Arts. Above, the musician Chuck Findley. This was a full-column illustration which I believe ran on page one, as a human-interest story — fun to draw!

Lastly, a ‘different’ kind of drawing. Even I am surprised by the alternative stylistic treatment here:

This illustration appeared in Section Two, the new section that was added during my tenure at the WSJ. The image was for an article about computer-training classes, and the attendant frustration that can arise. The break with traditional drawing technique was welcome in Section Two… lucky for me!

More next time…