Classic WSJ Art, Continued

Yet another foray into the art I created at The Wall Street Journal in the 1980’s. (To view the initial post, https://cyan-sunfish-e2wr.squarespace.com/config/pages/620a981b1f3c5f26f4888ee8)

Three Stooges

Everyone knows these ‘Gentlemen’. This did appear in The Journal. The image was stolen and printed on Tee-shirts. When legal found out about it, they issued a cease and desist letter! A popular illustration, it would seem.

Tiger Lily

As I mentioned, although the hedcut portraits were an item of fascination, all sorts of imagery was called for. This flower likely ran in the “A-Hed” column on page one, at 7.5 picas, or half-column size (approximately1.25-inches).

Young Executive

Oriole

The above hedcut portraits are unknown to me, but he portrait below I well know…

Margaret Thatcher

Funny, I was not a fan of Margaret Thatcher, and so why did I do such a flattering portrait of her? My explanation is that I suppose I realized her importance on the world stage. This portrait ran many times in the pages of The Wall Street Journal!

Bank Disclosure

I enjoyed when the Editors would request a conceptual drawing. Sometimes a challenge, these would require a reading of the article, followed by the generation of sketches. If one of the sketches was approved, I’d get the ok to go to finish. The above drawing illustrates the government regulation of banks by ‘looking into’ the fiduciary’s operations.

That does it for this time. More to come!