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The 11 Gauge Shotgun - Saturday Evening Post illustration
By Amos Sewell
Located in Miami, FL
Saturday Evening Post interior illustration Signed lower right
Category

1950s American Realist Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

The Hunter
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category

1930s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

YMCA Camping Trip
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 23.00" x 19.50;" Framed 32.00" x 28.00"
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20th Century Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Gouache, Board

The Audience, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, July 28, 1956. The Post described, “The cows don't realize it is rude t...
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1950s Amos Sewell Art

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Oil, Board

Wading Pool, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left Saturday Evening Post Cover, August 27 1955
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1950s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Remembered Anger, " Story Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Story featured in The Saturday Evening Post, 1945 “Remembered Anger” by Martha Albrand Story illustration: Man in showgirl's dres...
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1940s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Boy at Carnival
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Featured in the Saturday Evening Post.
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20th Century Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

The Confrontation, Story Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post, 1940
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal on Paper Signature: Signed An illustration depicting a circa late 19th century woman confronting a child, whose holster and gun are lying at his feet. Featured in ...
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1940s Amos Sewell Art

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Paper, Charcoal

Parent- Teacher Conference, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 26.00" x 24.00", Framed 32.00" x 20.00" Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, December 12, 1959. T...
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1950s Amos Sewell Art

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Oil, Board

Back to School, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1959
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 27.00" x 23.75;" Framed 34.50" x 37.50" Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, September 12, 1959. ...
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1950s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Backyard Campers, The Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, September 5, 1953. The Pos...
Category

1950s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Board, Gouache

The Hatchet - Movie Moment of High Drama
By Amos Sewell
Located in Miami, FL
High drama and fear is exressed on the faces of 5 kids as they anticipate the outcome a scary event. Signed lower left From the Estate of Charles Martignette. Most likey for the Sa...
Category

1950s American Realist Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil

Secret Project
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Magazine Story Illustration Signed lower left Amos Sewell had a special empathy for children and also particularly enjoyed depicting homespun, rural subjects. These special gifts were ideally combined in the illustrations he made for a series of stories about Babe, Little Joe, Big Joe, and Uncle Pete by R. Ross Annett that ran for over twenty years in The Saturday Evening Post. Sewell was born in San Francisco and studied nights at the California School of Fine Arts, working days in a bank. After some years of this, he decided to try his luck as an illustrator in the East. To get there, he shipped out as a working hand on a lumber boat going by way of the Panama Canal. In New York, he studied at the Art Students League and at the Grand Central School of Art. Among his teachers were Guy Pene DuBois, Julian Levi...
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1940s Other Art Style Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Three Men Questioning Boy
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal and Red Wash Signature: Signed Lower Right Size: 35.50" x 28.00" Story illustration, three men questioning boy. Born in San Francisc...
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Mid-20th Century Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Charcoal

The Well Meaning Kidnapper
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1951 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 14.00" x 21.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Story illustration for Saturday Evening Post magazine, February 3, 1951. Born in Sa...
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1950s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Man Leading Horse
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1945 Medium: Gouache Dimensions: 23.50" x 35.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Story illustration, older man leading horse, concerned kids. "Don't sell him, Uncle Pete' Ba...
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1940s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Gouache

Secret Project, Magazine Story Illustration
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1948 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 17.25" x 13.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Magazine Story Illustration
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1940s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Soldier and Hunter
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1943 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 17.50" x 25.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Born in San Francisco, Amos Sewell was a ranking California tennis player in his 20s wh...
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1940s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, Halloween Edition
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1951 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 25.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post...
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1950s Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

River Scene
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Mixed Media on Board Dimensions: 28.00" x 14.00" Signature: Initialed Lower Right
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Mid-20th Century Amos Sewell Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

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"Northeast Fury", Saturday Evening Post Illustration, April 15, 1950
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 32.00" x 24.00," Framed 43.00" x 33.00"
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