Ernest Hamlin Baker Explained

Ernest Hamlin Baker
Birth Place:Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Birth Date:1889
Alma Mater:Colgate University
Style:Cartoonist

Ernest Hamlin Baker (1889–1975)[1] was an American artist and illustrator from Poughkeepsie, New York.[2] He illustrated more than 300 covers for Time magazine as well as several covers for Fortune magazine .[3] [4] Baker also created posters for the American Legion and in 1939 he was hired by the Works Progress Administration to paint the mural titled “Economic Activities in the Days of the Narragansett Planters” at the Wakefield, Rhode Island post office. He drew political cartoons for Poughkeepsie's Evening Star newspaper.[3] His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[5] '

He graduated from Colgate University in 1914.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gallery: Ernest Hamlin Baker. https://web.archive.org/web/20000526094742/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/Print/Fortune/baker.html. dead. May 26, 2000.
  2. Web site: Ernest Hamlin Baker, the Alphabet of Illustrators.
  3. Web site: Drawing Distinction (The Colgate Scene, May 2002).
  4. Web site: Ernest Baker.
  5. Web site: Ernest Hamlin Baker . Olympedia . August 2, 2020.