40 portadas de revistas que impresionan (1913-1988)

Recopilación de 40 portadas de revistas tales como Life, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Natura, Popular Science, Compute, etc., seleccionadas por su valor sentimental, por su calidad artí­stica o por su sentido del humor.

Life Magazine, October 9, 1913

Artist: R.M. Crosby

This semi-nude figure was extremely risque for the time.

Vogue, Feb 15, 1917

Artist: Unknown

This whimsical illustration begins to evoke an early modern style seen more widely in the 1920”²s.

McCall’s August 1917

Artist: Dugald Walker

Walker was influenced by the Art Nouveau movement and Impressionism.

Dada Magazine, December 1918

Artist: M. Janco

M. Janco did cover art for a few of the editions of this seminal magazine of Dadaism.

Life Magazine, February 2, 1922

Artist: «The Flapper» by Frank X. Leyendecker

Leyendecker was known for his stained glass as well as his advertising illustration work. This cover is his most famous.

Vogue, 1926

Artist: Eduardo Garcia Benito

Benito did a number of Art Deco style covers for Vogue in the 1920”²s.

People’s Home Journal, February 1924

Artist: Walter Maya

This beautifully symmetrical illustration was done by a lesser-known illustrator that did a few more covers for the People”™s Home Journal.

Life Magazine, February 18, 1926

Artist: John Held, Jr.

Held sold his first drawing to Life at age fifteen and illustrated for many magazines throughout the flapper age. People would send him blank cheques and beg for original drawings.

Vogue, November 1927

Artist: George Lepape

After studying at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Lepape produced innumerable Art Deco illustrations.

Life Magazine, September 28, 1928

Artist: Russell Patterson

This comic artist studied at the Chicago Institute of Art and under Claude Monet in Paris from 1920-1925.

Gran Bazaar, February/March 1930

Artist: Lucio Venna

Venna was an Italian contemporary artist.

Illustraçao, September 1930

Artist: Antonio Fino

This Portugese design magazine featured some outstanding graphic designs.

Vanity Fair, 1930

Artist: Jean Carlu

While this Cubist-influenced designer was known for his posters, he did a number of illustrations for Vanity Fair.

Judge, March 19, 1932

Artist: Vernon Grant

Vernon Grant is best known for creating the Snap, Crackle and Pop characters for Rice Krispies cereal. He was also a prolific illustrator of many magazine covers.

Natura, 1933

Artist: Paolo Garretto

Garretto was a giant in the advertising world in the 1920”²s and 1930”²s, but fell out of favour both during and after the war due to his political alignments with Mussolini.

Popular Science, June 1933

Artist: Edgar Franklin Wittmack

Wittmack was best known for his Popular Science covers produced during the Depression.

Popular Science, April 1933

Artist: Edgar Franklin Wittmack

Life, May 1934

Artist: Dr. Seuss

Theodor Geisel began his career as a prolific illustrator under his own name, but began adopting his more well-known name “Dr. Seuss” as he wanted to start marketing himself as a children”™s book illustrator.

Story March 1940

Artist: Unknown

This women”™s fashion magazine from Japan featured beautiful illustrations on its covers.

Saturday Evening Post, October 6, 1945

Artist: Alajalor

This lesser-known illustrator also did covers for the New Yorker and further covers for the Post.

Gourmet, January 1947

Artist: Henry Stahlhut

This artist illustrated a few covers for Gourmet, which announced that it was folding in 2009.

Fortune, November 1951

Artist: Jerome Snyder

Leo Lionni, a Dutch-Born artist was the Art Director for Fortune and the co-editor of Print Magazine. He oversaw the production of Fortune covers for a few years in the 1950”²s. The artist, Jerome Snyder, was the first Art Director of Sports Illustrated.

Gebrauchsgraphik International Advertising Art, January 1952

Artist: Unknown

Gebrauchsgraphik was an important forerunner of the design and graphics magazines that we have today.

Gebrauchsgraphik International Advertising Art, February 1952

Artist: Unknown

Gebrauchsgraphik International Advertising Art, December 1952

Artist: Jean Cocteau

Artist, playwright and filmmaker Jean Cocteau was one of the more influential artists of the 20th century.

Gebrauchsgraphik International Advertising Art, August 1952

Artist: Breker

People, July 29, 1953

Photographer: Unknown

This was just one of the many magazine covers featuring the famous actress, Marilyn Monroe. Note that it was taken before the age of Photoshop and she still looks awesome.

Fortune, April 1953

Artist: N. Foujita

Another remarkable Lionni cover for Fortune, drawn by N. Foujita.

Print Magazine, Sept.-Oct. 1955

Artist: Unknown

This popular magazine for graphic designers and artists in the magazine and advertising industries got its start in 1940.

Glamour Photography, Summer 1957

Artist: Unknown

This is a great example of the “girlie magazine” covers of the 1950”²s. Other titles that feature similar covers are “Wink” and “Titter”. In order to get around morality laws of the time, publishers had to present the magazine as art-based.

Better Homes & Gardens, September 1958

Artist: Jan Balet

Balet studied at the Arts and Crafts school in Munich and left in protest after Hitler took over Germany. His prolific work appeared in many fashion magazines and in advertising. He passed away in 2009.

Esquire, January 1958

Artist: Unknown

Esquire frequently featured covers with outstanding design.

The Journal of Commercial Art, October, 1959

Artist: Unknown

This cover appeared in the first year of the Journal, now known as Communication Arts magazine.

Journal of Commercial Art, August 1961

Artist: Lowell Herrero

Herrero’s career as an illustrator and fine artist has spanned the Depression, WWII, and the rise of Silicon Valley. He now devotes most of his time to his paintings.

Design, June 1961

Artist: Unknown

This cover was conceived under the eye of Design”™s Art Director, Ken Garland.

Sports Illustrated, April 3, 1961

Artist: Unknown

This cover takes Sports Illustrated back to its roots in the 1930”²s, when it was known as “American Golfer”.

Design, February 1968

Artist: Unknown

This cover refers to the fading influence of the “Mod” culture of Carnaby Street in London. Note Batman.

Which?, July 1968

Artist: Unknown

This UK magazine is still published today as the British equivalent of Consumer Reports.

November 1968, Design

Artist: Unknown

Life, August 21, 1970

Photographer: Unknown

This cover marks the transition from “swinging 60”²s” fashion to the more dowdy early 70”²s.

Car, November 1973

Photographer: Unknown

The 1970’s were responsible for some of the worst «lemon cars» in history. This cover confirms it.

Viva Magazine, August 1974

Photographer: Unknown

This cover speaks for itself.

Compute, July 1984

Artist: Harry Blair

While we could have included any number of corny 80”²s computer magazines in this collection, this cover is notable for its coverage of the new Apple IIc and the promise of creating graphics “the easy way” with Atari Artist.

Print Magazine, March/April 1988

Artist: Unknown

Print continues to be a go-to source for those in the design industries and fans of popular culture.

Do you have a favourite magazine cover from back in the day? Please post it in our comments section.