#Russell Patterson

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Life magazine, September 28, 1928. Cover art by Russell Patterson.

Photo: Condé Nast  Store

[theamericanpin-up]

Russell Patterson - February 1952 Esquire Magazine Calendar Illustration - American Pin-up Calendar Collection

[thepopculturearchivist]

LIFE, December 1, 1927

[faustiandevil]

Found some really good art by Russell Patterson and wanted to try doing something similar in that style. The little guy he kept drawing reminded me of Lil’ so Gruesome Bothers it had to be. One of the Groszmann brothers has rizz (even if the older one tried to ruin him by giving him a horrid haircut), while the other one shows up to a brothel with a bouquet of flowers (yes, that will be an upcoming scene as soon as I finally write it).

You can learn more about Károly and Béla in the Prohibition AU.

References under the cut.

[rodrigobaeza]

Russell Patterson: Sob Sister newspaper strip tryout original art (1930s)

[hibiscusbabyboy]

Pinup Artistry

[femmes-et-art]

Russell Patterson, 1930s.

[thebeautyofblacklines]

[obsidian-sphere]

Life, April 26, 1929.

Huuum? Where have I seen that before?

I couldn't find the artist's name.

Thank you thejazzera, yes indeed the cover is by Russell Patterson

[withnailrules]

Where there's smoke there's fire by Russell Patterson, c. 1925

[thejazzera]

Russell Patterson, Ballyhoo

Found in The Golden Age of Illustration Project thread.

[theamericanpin-up]

Russell Patterson - February 1952 Esquire Magazine Calendar Illustration - American Pin-up Calendar Collection

[thepopculturearchivist]

LIFE, April 26, 1928

[faustiandevil]

More Russell Patterson inspired art?? Yeah, who could’ve guessed (I swear I will stop after this I kinda miss using colors). Anyway the quote is from Stage Door Canteen (1943), which I didn’t watch and I probably never will, because I already saw Hollywood Canteen (1944) and the movies are just the same really, but the quote was about Tallulah Bankhead and the one that Dick/Drusilla says is another reference to that bisexual queen on how she just lived to fuck. I Googled Tallulah Bankhead scandals for the AU twice in a row once. The one quote from her about Gary Cooper lives in my head rent free. Need that same energy for my girl Drusilla.

References under the cut.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

J. Wilfred Funk, Manhattans, Bronxes and Queens, 1931. Illustrations by Russell Patterson. (The text on the back cover is legible if you enlarge the photo.)

Funk was an elegant man about town, the son of the founder of the Funk & Wagnalls publishing house. His book dealt with the café society of which he was a member and can be seen as the printed equivalent of the Hollywood escapist movies of the thirties. The poems included “From a Downtown Skyscraper,” “The Einstein Blues,” “A Tippler’s Litany,” and “The Insatiable Sex.”

Sources: Nick Harville Libraries, ABE Books

[taxi-davis]