Tom Lovell

Tom Lovell Biography:
Known as a traditional painter of art, prints and posters depicting Western history, Tom Lovell was born in New York City. "I enjoy recreating the past,' he once said. "As a boy, books of adventure in far off times and places were real. At seventeen, I shipped as a deckhand on the Leviathan and various other jobs followed. Enrollment in the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University was the next step. At this time the newsstands were filled with 'pulp' magazines and I produced a cover in oils and eight or ten dry brush illustrations a month during my senior year. The message on the covers had to out scream a hundred others. After graduation I continued to free lance for the pulps for six years before tackling the 'slicks.' In 1944, I enlisted in the Marine Corps and was assigned to an easel. Illustration continued to flourish after the war.'  >>click here for more