John Clymer
Saturday Evening Post Cover, August 29, 1959, 1959
Oil on Wood Board
33 × 26 in / 83.8 × 66 cm
$ 315,000.00
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This classic Post cover combines the vastness of the American West landscape with the intimacy of iconic Americana: two kids swimming in a rural water hole. The permanence of the...
This classic Post cover combines the vastness of the American West landscape with the intimacy of iconic Americana: two kids swimming in a rural water hole. The permanence of the majestic hills contrasts with an ephemeral moment of childhood fun. Artist John Ford Clymer depicts the scene from an elevated point of view that integrates a downward view of the kids and an outward view of the landscape. Perhaps he is trying to say that youth are grounded in the present but also the future is out there. The vast landscape represents life's future and the winding stream leads right to it. br This work was painted in 1958 ( per the label from Illustration House. It was published in 1959. This is very common in the publishing world where a world of art is commissioned then it sits a while before being published. Clymer painted many memorable covers for The Saturday Evening Post. It has been estimated he painted more than eighty scenes of pure Americana for these covers between 1945 and 1963. In 1964, after forty years as an illustrator, he discontinued his commercial work and devoted his efforts to painting North American game animals and scenes from Western history. br This work is Oil on Heavy Board and is in mint condition. It looks much better in person.