Classic WSJ Art - Part 17

( To view the initial Post in this series, please click on https://cyan-sunfish-e2wr.squarespace.com/config/pages/620a981b1f3c5f26f4888ee8 ). To continue my survey of the art I created while on staff at The Wall Street Journal…

Pictured above, Judith Somogi, an American conductor, the first woman conductor in the New York City Opera. I believe this portrait appeared on Page One, as a ½-column insertion. On the more traditional side, here’s a WSJ hedcut of Owen Bieber, American labor union activist. He was president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) from 1983 to 1995…

An elegant drawing of a stern man! Moving onto different topics, here are three illustrations that display the variety that could be found in The Journal:

I mentioned how the WSJ kept breast of the technology of its today. Above is a technical drawing of the Space Shuttle, I assume previous to the infamous Challenger disaster. The background texture was made with an adhesive graphic film. Next, a conceptual illustration that appeared in full-column format:

The article was dubbed “Hospitality”, the image suggest a practice of sweetening the circumstance leading to the consummation of deal.

Finally, a drawing from a book offering in anticipation of the Holiday. I thought it appropriate to close this post here at a week from Christmas… an illuminated image of a Scribe from long ago times: