Rafael DeSoto
Noir Pulp Magazine, Dead Man in the Snow, Mid Century, Latin Art Hispanic Artist, 1945
Gouache on board
12 × 8 3/4 in / 30.5 × 22.2 cm
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A crime drama needs a cover image. What to do? Hire Rafael Desoto to make a powerful visual statement. This Noir Illustration was done on assignment for Dime Detective cover,...
A crime drama needs a cover image. What to do? Hire Rafael Desoto to make a powerful visual statement. This Noir Illustration was done on assignment for Dime Detective cover, when "There's a Will There's a Slay", study br Signed lower left - Elegantly matted with archival board but not framed - Rafael Maria de Soto y Hernandez was born February 18, 1904, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. His parents were Milagros and Domingo DeSoto, a noble Spanish banking family descended from the famous conquistador, Hernando de Soto - In 1932 he began to sell freelance cover paintings to pulp magazines, such as Detective Book, Five-Novels Monthly, Top-Notch, War Stories, Western Story, and Wild West Weekly,l Argosy, Colliers, Coronet, Ladies Home Journal, The Journal American, Liberty, Redbook, and The Saturday Evening Post.