Tom Lovell
Tom Lovell was born in New York, United States on February 5th, 1909 and is the Painter. At the age of 88, Tom Lovell biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 88 years old, Tom Lovell physical status not available right now. We will update Tom Lovell's height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, and measurements.
Tom Lovell (5 February 1909 – 29 June 1997) was an American illustrator and painter.
He was a creator of pulp fiction magazine covers and illustrations, and of visual art of the American West.
He produced illustrations for National Geographic magazine and many others, and painted many historical Western subjects such as interactions between Indians and white settlers and traders.
He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 1974.
Life
Lovell was born in New York City on 5 February 1909 to Henry S. Lovell Jr., a telephone engineer, and Edith Scott (Russell) Lovell. He was the second of three children. He was a keen reader as a child, and although he received no early training in art, he often visited the Museum of Natural History in New York, beginning a fascination with Native American objects and weapons. In 1927, he was the valedictorian of his high school, and at graduation, he spoke on "the ill treatment of the American Indian by the U. S. Government." He attended Syracuse University from 1927 to 1931.
Lovell married Gloyd "Pink" Simmons in 1934 and moved to Norwalk, Connecticut. They had two children, David and Deborah. In 1940 Lovell and his family moved to an artists colony at Westport, Connecticut, where he became close friends with Harold von Schmidt, John Clymer, and Robert Lougheed. In 1972, he moved to Santa Fe New Mexico. In 1977, he moved to a seven-acre site in Santa Fe and built an adobe house and studio.
Lovell died in a car crash in New Mexico on 29 June 1997, aged 88. His 48-year-old daughter Deborah was also killed in the accident.
Education
Lovell enrolled at Syracuse University in 1927, graduating in 1931. His college roommate Harry Anderson, classmate Elton Fax and teacher Hibbard V.B. Kline influenced his decision to become an illustrator. In his junior year at Syracuse, Lovell sold drawings to popular "pulp" Western, gangster and detective magazines.
Career
Lovell and Harry Anderson and Al (Nick) Carter shared a studio space in New York in the 1930s. He later moved to New Rochelle, just outside New York City. Norman Rockwell and Mead Schaeffer, among other illustrators, illustrated New Rochelle.
Lovell began providing illustrations for advertising companies and slick magazines like Redbook, Life, Collier's, The American, Woman's Home Companion, and Cosmopolitan. Lovell's portfolios appeared in several magazines from 1940 to present, including Ace-High Western, Clues, Complete, Detective Tales, Dime Detective, Rangeland Romances, Star Western, and Top-Notch. He also created pen and ink interior illustrations for The Shadow, Courtroom Tales, Popular Western, Triple Western, and Clues.
During World War II, Lovell served in the Marine Corps Reserve for two years. With John Clymer and Fred Lasswell, he was sent as a Staff Sergeant to Washington, DC, to illustrate the Marine Corps magazine, Leatherneck.
On returning to Westport Lovell, the Vikings produced a series of historical drawings for National Geographic Magazine, including depictions of the Norman invasion of England, Alexander the Great's reign, and Viking conquests. He took great care in reproducing what he considered to be historical accuracy in the illustrations, including designing weapons and ships, visiting historical museums, and doing other studies. He was also hired to produce a series of paintings on Western oil exploration, as well as several paintings for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Lovell created a series of paintings based on the history of the Southwest in 1969, which are now on permanent display at the Perpetual Basin Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas. These works, which are a historical collection of Native Americans, mark a turning point in Lovell's career. From this point forward, he concentrated on Native American life, discovery of the West, and Western art.
He was accepted to become a charter member of the National Academy of Western Artists in 1973 and is the only artist to receive their Prix de West Award twice. In 1974, he was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame, and in 1975, he became a member of the Cowboy Artists of America. He received the Robert Loughweed Award from NAWA in 1992, as well as their Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1994, he exhibited several works at the National Academy of Western Artists Show in Oklahoma City.
The Tom Lovell Collection of personal letters, photographs, and scrapbooks containing tear sheets of his finished paintings are now on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum Archives' Reference Center Collection. As part of the exhibition "National Geographic: The Art of Exploration," the NRM included several of Lovell's paintings on view in 2006.