Biografie von Tom LOVELL (1909-1997)

Birth place: New York, NY

Addresses: Norwalk, CT (1973); Westport, CT (1976)

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Syracuse Univ. (B.F.A.)

Exhibited: Soc. Illustrators, New York, 1963 (gold med.); Syracuse Univ. Centennial, Lubin House, 1970 (solo; gold medal); Westbury Artists Award, 1971; Nat. Acad. of Western Art (Prix de West, twice); Illustration House, NYC, 1990s

Member: Soc. Illustrators (Hall of Fame, 1974); Westport Artists; Nat. Assoc. Western Artists; Cowboy AA

Work: New Britain (CT) Mus.; Explorers Club, NYC; Nat. Cowboy Hall Fame; U.S. Marine Corps Hdqtrs., Washington, DC; Virginia Military Inst.; U.S. Merchant Marine Acad., King's Point, NY. Commissions: series of historical paintings, U.S. Marine Corps, 1945; painting of Civil War, Life magazine, 1961; series of historical paintings, Nat. Geographic Soc., Wash., DC, 1965-68; series of historical paintings, Abell-Hanger Fnd., 1969-73.

Comments: A versatile and exacting illustrator of many subjects, including historical marines, westerns, romance, arctic exploration, and other subjects. Preferred media: oils. Illustr.: Life, Cosmopolitan, Red Book, Ladies" Home Journal, National Geographic.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Norman Kent, "Tom Lovell and His Work," Am. Artist; Hedgepeth & Reed, The Art of Tom Lovell (Greenwich Workshop, 1990s)