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<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="2" FACE="HELVETICA,ARIAL"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Illustrators
like <B>RUSSELL SAMBROOK</B> fill in the gap between the age dominated
by J. C. Leyendecker and the renaissance of Americana seen through Norman
Rockwell's eyes. Like his contemporaries, Sambrook's approach to visual
design and sense of stagey humor owe a great deal to his predecessors,
while his ability to isolate the concerns and foibles of the American
Everyman hint at the vision of his successors. <BR>
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Sambrook's career was eclipsed by other <I>Saturday Evening Post</I> regulars
like E. M. Jackson, Douglass Crockwell, Ellen Pyle, Andrew Loomis, and,
of course, Norman Rockwell. But from the 'twenties through the 'fifties,
Sambrook's workmanship was called upon for the cover of the <I>Post, The
People's Home Journal, The American Boy</I>, and others. In the scenes
he painted depicting mundane activities like choosing a greeting card,
sewing, or baking a pie, he was able to isolate a strong emotion or an
essential comic ingredient that elevated that captured moment. Sambrook's
standard was to depict us as we were; at his best, he could impart an
appealing sense of community. -J.
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<B>[Calendar illustration: March, ca. 1940; oil on canvas, 15 x 24";]</B>
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