Classic WSJ Art, part 29
( To view the initial Post in this series, please click on https://www.sprouls.com/ink-rhythm-blog/classic-wall-street-journal-art )
Here is a charming illustration if a medieval angel:
Believe it or not, this image printed at a half-column insertion in The Wall Street Journal — that’s less than 1-¼ inches across. I really like the folds of the garment, Pre-Rennaisance work! The article was likely about a Christmas-themed book being announced.
The above illustration was also a ½-column piece, called “Grib”. Apparently now lost to history, the Grib Award was presented to the winner for outstanding accomplishment in something or other. The sculpture was modeled after the original Mr. “Grib”… I presume this was a Marketing or Advertising personality. Now, onto portraits, aka hedcuts…
WSj hedcut
At the mic, Fred Hirsch. My guess is that he was a sports announcer— can’t find him on Wikipedia. The drawing is interesting for the lack of facial highlights, yet the image is fairly clear. This is from a front-page profile story in The Journal I’m guessing… Next, a double hedcut:
WSJ hedcut
Above, Doctors Herbert and Marion Sandler. This is one of those tricky mash-ups where I had to merge two separate photographic images. I became good at the effect, with practice… My crowning achievement in the art can be found below:
WSJ hedcut
Merely sizing and joining two images together isn’t terribly difficult, but taking two figures from different centuries and contriving to engage them in dialog — that is a bit of a feat. Here we see Richard Wagner, the Composer, looking at a contemporary Conductor as he looks back at him. The conductor’s name has been lost to me, I regret to say. Cool drawing, though! Lastly, an image capturing a sporting pursuit catching on in the 80’s…
Motocross! This drawing seems to been executed in a rush - assignments often were at the WSJ - the nature of the beast with newspapers. But, the haste in preparing this image gives it a freshness that expresses the subject succinctly!
Last posting on this topic next time! Stay Tuned…
