Sunday, September 07, 2025

from a 1943 P-51 flight manual, airbrushed by Reynold Brown

 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1209991934497130&set=a.374686694694329

https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/2799

Reynold Brown (1917-1991) was a prolific American artist whose career embraced virtually every facet of the illustration field. 

His iconic mid-century movie posters are part of American pop-culture and have been rediscovered today by collectors. During his lifetime he drew newspaper comics (Tailspin Tommy), invented the concept of the cutaway drawing for North American Aviation, painted covers for some of the first paperback books ever published, illustrated scores of magazines and magazine covers, and most notably produced over 275 movie posters for the motion picture industry.

https://reynoldbrown.com/

Even if you haven't heard of his name, you know his work:


https://artofthemovies.co.uk/blogs/original-movie-posters/the-artists-reynold-brown

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