'33 Goudey Artwork Question...

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Posted By: Anonymous

I have heard (from a number of sources) that the artwork from the '33 Goudey's was done by a particular person of note.[ADDED: Two have confirmed this in the affirmative while at least one person has said it was probable, and a fourth said it was nothing more than possible.] Has anyone else heard something to this effect?

EDITED FOR THE ADDITION

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Posted By: Brad

The board members name is Max Wader, here's his web page. I was thinking of buying some stuff too maybe in near future.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/baseballart>

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Posted By: Anonymous

Thanks Brad,
Let me clarify, i was not refering to tribute Art/I can't think of whatelse to call that. I am talking about the person responsible for the artwork that appears on the cards. In otherwords, the artist responsible for the images on the cards. Thanks and sorry for the confusion.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

George Burke was the photographer for many of them, if that's who you mean.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Thanks David, i was actually refering to the artist who stylized the photographs for printing.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Walt Kelly

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Posted By: davidcycleback

In case you are wondering, I made up that answer.

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Posted By: Anonymous

What, if anything ties Walt to the set? This is not the artist who i had in mind. Just off the top of my head, i know he was very young at the time of production of the goudeys. I also believe he worked for disney at the time. Pogo didn't come out until the 40's so it would seem to me that he would be an unlikely candidate to actually do the artwork for the goudeys. My opinion is just that, and not really based on anything except what i do know about Kelly.

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Posted By: Anonymous

NOW YOU TELL ME!

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Posted By: davidcycleback

This would be a lot easier if you gave the name you have in mind. A lot of notable arists did commercial work, for advertising and such. The painter for the 1953 Topps set was also a cartoonist for Casper the Ghost and Little LuLu. I do not know who did the coloring for the 1933 Goudeys, but it wouldn't be a shocker if it was a notable cartoonist or commercial artist.

I've never heard or read who was the artist for the cards.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Check your email.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Bela Lugosi, I never would have guessed.

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Posted By: Anonymous

You cracked it how did you ever guess

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Posted By: Chris Counts

So who actually did the artwork for the '33 set? We know it wasn't Walt Kelly and I find it hard to believe it was Bela Lugosi, who was probably too busy making scary movies to paint hundreds of baseball images (he was reaching the peak of his career in '33). I've always been fascinated by the artwork on the most colorful sets, particularly Goudeys, Diamond Stars and 1950-52 Bowmans. Does anybody have any info on these seemingly anomymous artists?

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Posted By: davidcycleback

The original poster emailed me with his guess of who it is. He said he is working on a possible article on the subject and asked me to to divulge the name.

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Posted By: Anonymous

for not divulging. In any event, has anyone else ever discussed this topic?

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Posted By: mike mullins

My guesses are Picasso or Dali. Am in even in the right ballpark?

Please spill the beans (or at least send me an email -- I can keep a secret). You have my imagination all worked up now.

Thanks for starting the discussion,

mm

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Posted By: Max Weder

My guess (or guesses) are either Bert Salg or Charles Relyea, as Norman Rockwell is too obvious.

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Posted By: Anonymous

MM -
Yes the Artist in question is certainly on that level. i have discussed this for many years with a high profile dealer of 30's-60's vintage material and indirectly with a gentleman out of the philadelphia area. I do not want to throw the name out there without any distinct substantiation, but if someone else outside of our "click" has heard this as well, i will certainly talk openly about it. If i cannot do anything more with this then i'll at least put it out there as a good solid urban legend.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

I highly doubt the person you are thinking of was the artist. If someone said Norman Rockwell or Walt Disney, I would want proof but would consider the name plausible.

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Posted By: Anonymous

There is no doubt that the chances of this are slim, as connecting the artist (who lived in europe) to the activities in MA is really going to need to be backed up by documentation. It doesn't seem that many on here have any thoughts or if they do they aren't sharing. I just wondered if anyone had any thoughts.