Reynold Brown

Reynold Brown (b. William Reynold Brown in Los Angeles in 1917 - d. 1991) was a prolific American realist artist. He attended Alhambra High School and refined his drawing under his teacher Lester Bonar. A talented artist, Brown met Hal Foster that led him to ghost draw the comic strip "Tailspin Tommy" from 1936-1937. [http://www.collectair.com/tailspin.html Collect Air | Tailspin Tommy ] ] Norman Rockwell's sister was a teacher at Alhambra High, and Brown later met Rockwell who advised him to leave cartooning if he wanted to be an illustrator. The talented Brown soon won a scholarship to the Otis Art Institute.

During World War II he worked as an artist at North American Aviation where he met his wife, fellow artist Mary Louise Tejeda.

Following the war Brown drew numerous advertisements and illustrations for magazines such as "Argosy", "Popular Science", "Saturday Evening Post", "Boy's Life", "Outdoor Life", and "Popular Aviation". Brown also drew paperback book covers. [ [http://www.americanartarchives.com/brown,reynold.htm Reynold Brown ] ]

Brown taught at the Art Center College of Design where he met Misha Kallis, then an art director at Universal Pictures. [ [http://www.geocities.com/chapulinas/reynold0000.htm Reynold Brown Movie Poster Art and More ] ] Through Kallis, Brown began his film poster work starting with "The World in His Arms". then did the art work for many film posters, including:

*"Creature from the Black Lagoon"
*"The Incredible Shrinking Man"
*"Tarantula (film)"
*"This Island Earth"
*"I Was a Teenage Werewolf"
*"Man of a Thousand Faces"
*"Attack of the 50 Foot Woman"
*"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
*"The Land Unknown"
*"Ben-Hur (1959 film)"
*"The Atomic Submarine"
*"Spartacus (film)"
*"The Alamo (1960 film)"
*"The Time Machine (1960 film)"
*"King of Kings (1961 film)"
*"How the West Was Won"
*"Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)"
*"Shenandoah (film)"

Brown's original painting for the poster of "The Alamo" hung for many years at the actual Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

He suffered a severe stroke in 1976 [p.8 Bogousslavsky, Julien & Boller, François "Neurological Disorders in Famous Artists" 2005, Karger Publishers] that left his left side paralyzed and ended his commercial work. But with the help of his wife Brown continued to paint landscapes until his death.

References

* "Illustration" magazine #7 July 2003
* "The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters" 1994 documentary

External links

*http://www.americanartarchives.com/brown,reynold.htm
*http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/newsite/INDEX/ARTISTS/US/artists-brown.asp film poster checklist